HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(w) In Wicomico County, (1) the State's Attorney's
ANNUAL salary is [$24,000 annually] $34,125. BEGINNING
JANUARY 5, 1987, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S ANNUAL SALARY SHALL
BE 75 PERCENT OF A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE'S ANNUAL SALARY.
[The State's Attorney shall serve full time and may not
engage in the private practice of law.]

(2)  From and after the date of the enactment of
this section, the Wicomico County Council shall pay all
expenses for the conduct of the office of State's Attorney,
including but not limited to clerical and secretarial
expenses, telephone charges, office supplies, postage,
premium on official bonds the State's Attorney deems
necessary for the proper conduct of his office, upon
vouchers submitted by the State's Attorney.

(3)  THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL SERVE FULL TIME
AND MAY NOT ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW.

[(3)] (4) The State's Attorney of Wicomico
County is required to maintain and staff an office in the
Wicomico County courthouse.

[(4)] (5) The State's Attorney for Wicomico
County may appoint assistant State's attorneys upon the
terms, conditions, and salaries as are approved by the
Wicomico County Council.

[(5)] (6) The assistant State's attorneys shall
serve at the pleasure of the State's Attorney. The
assistant State's attorneys have the same legal powers as
the State's Attorney to represent the State before grand
juries and in the trial of criminal proceedings.

[(6)] (7) In addition, the State's Attorney for
Wicomico County, with the prior approval of the resident
judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, and the
Wicomico County Council, may appoint additional special
assistant State's attorneys he considers necessary, to serve
for a particular case or series of cases, upon salaries,
terms, and conditions to be set and approved by the Wicomico
County Council.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary of the
State's Attorney of Wicomico County in office on the
effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
concerning the salary of the State's Attorney of Wicomico
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 July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.