HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                 785

FOR the purpose of altering the compensation of the
Treasurer of Caroline County; providing for the office
of Treasurer to be full-time duty; and prohibiting the
provisions of this Act from affecting the incumbent.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 51(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1973 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 25 - County Commissioners

51.

(h) The county treasurer of Caroline County shall
receive an annual salary of [$15,000] $17,500 and this shall
be his sole compensation for services performed by him of
any character whatever, including his capacity as a tax
collector and the issuer of licenses. THE COUNTY TREASURER
SHALL DEVOTE FULL TIME TO THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. Any
fees, commissions or other compensation paid to the county
treasurer pursuant to any other laws of Caroline County or
the State of Maryland shall be accounted for by the county
treasurer and paid into the general funds of Caroline
County. The county treasurer shall be reimbursed for his
expenses as provided by the State Standard Travel
regulations.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary of the
Treasurer of Caroline County in office on the effective date
of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the
salary of the Treasurer of Caroline County shall take effect
at the beginning of the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1979.

Approved May 1, 1979.

CHAPTER 207
(House Bill 712)
AN ACT concerning