HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        713

Section 2-504

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-504.

(a)  The clerk of each circuit court shall receive an annual
salary of not less than $10,000 or more than [$37,500] $50,000
$45,000 as set by the Board of Public Works on the basis of the
relative volume of business and receipts in his office, provided
that in Baltimore City the clerk's salary may not be less than
$12,000.

(b)  A clerk shall devote his full working time to the
duties of his office and is entitled to the salary prescribed in
subsection (a).

(c)  The salary of a clerk is payable biweekly from the
fees, receipts, and emoluments of his office after deducting the
necessary expenses of the office.

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 clerks of circuit courts in office on the effective date
of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary
or compensation of the clerks of circuit courts 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 29, 1986.