HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                 877

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

40.

(s) (1) (i) In St. Mary's County the State's
Attorney's salary is $28,000 [per year] AND SHALL BE $32,000
FOR THE YEAR 1983; $33,000 FOR 1984; $34,000 FOR 1985; AND
$35,000 FOR 1986.

(II) During his term of office, the
State's Attorney may not [appear as counsel or represent any
party professionally in a trial or hearing before any court,
board, commission or agency of St. Mary's County or of this
State sitting in or convened in St. Mary's County, except in
connection with and in the performance of his duties as the
State's Attorney] ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW IN
ANY MATTER WHATSOEVER.

[(ii) The State's Attorney may engage in
the private practice of law subject to the limitations in
this subsection, and subject to the restriction that the
State's Attorney may not be associated with any other
attorneys in any partnership or professional association,
but must be a sole practitioner. He may not engage in the
private practice of law except as to:

1.  Wills and estates.

2.  Title work and settlements.

3.  Civil domestic relations.

4.  Civil matters before the federal
courts.]

[(iii) The State's Attorney may not appear
professionally in any criminal proceeding in this State,
except in connection with and in the performance of his
duties as the State's Attorney.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved April 14, 1981.

CHAPTER 83
(House Bill 1749)
AN ACT concerning