HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1697

(House Bill 750)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Assistant State's
Attorneys

FOR the purpose of increasing the number of assistant
State's attorneys to be appointed in Washington County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 40(v)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 56 of the Acts of the General

Assembly of 1980)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(as enacted by Chapter 56 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1980) read(s) as follows:

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

40.

(v) In Washington County,

(1)  The State's Attorney's salary is $30,000.

(2)  The State's Attorney shall appoint a deputy
State's attorney, whose salary is to be determined by the
County Commissioners.

(3)  (i) The State's Attorney shall appoint [two]
3 assistant State's attorneys, whose salaries are to be
determined by the County Commissioners.

(ii) Until July 1, 1983, the State's
Attorney may appoint an additional assistant State's
attorney, whose salary is as determined by the County
Commissioners.

(4)  The deputy State's attorney ana the
assistant State's attorneys shall serve at the pleasure of
the State's Attorney. Under the direction of the State's
Attorney or in the absence of the State's Attorney, the
deputy State's attorney and the assistant State's attorneys
shall perform acts and duties in relation to all criminal
proceedings, all having the same legal powers as the State's
Attorney, to represent the State in all proceedings in
relation to grand jury, circuit court, the District Court,