286                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 77

(v) (1) As compensation each of the judges of the court for
Washington County shall receive an annual compensation of not
more than [$4,200] $4,700 per year.

(2) (i) Each judge shall also receive an expense
allowance, not to exceed $1,000 per year, to be paid by the Board
of County Commissioners upon presentation of an itemized voucher
of legitimate expenses.

(ii) For purposes of subparagraph (i) of this
paragraph, legitimate expenses include:

1.  Registration fees for business related
seminars and conferences;

2.  $10 per year for judge's association
membership;

3.  Parking expenses incurred while on
business related trips out of the county, upon presentation of a
receipt from the parking facility indicating the amount;

4.  A gasoline expense, equal to the
amount per mile paid other Washington County employees while
traveling to business related activities held out of the county;

5.  A meal expense, not to exceed $18 per
day, incurred while on business related trips out of the county;

6.  A room and board expense, not to
exceed $50 per day, incurred while on business related activities
held out of the county.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to
Article III, § 35, of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may
not be construed to extend or apply to the salary or compensation
of the judges of the Orphans' Court for Washington County in
office on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of
this Act concerning the salary or compensation of the judges of
the Orphans' Court for Washington 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, 1986.

Approved April 8, 1986.