Ch. 473                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

Public Works shall determine the matter, and the Board's decision
is final. The Mayor and City Council of Mount [Ranier] RAINIER
have until June 1, [1988] 1989, to present evidence satisfactory
to the Board of Public Works that the matching fund will be
provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall
certify this fact to the State Treasurer and the proceeds of the
loan shall be expended for the purposes provided in this Act. If
this evidence is not presented by June 1, [1988] 1989, the
proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the purposes authorized
in § 8-129 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 473

(House Bill 895)

AN ACT concerning

Judgeships - Circuit and District Courts

FOR the purpose of altering the number of judges in the circuit
courts and District Court of the State.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 1-503 and l-603(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1987 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

1-503.

(a) In each county in the first seven judicial circuits
there shall be the number of resident judges of the circuit court
set forth below, including the judge or judges provided for by
the Constitution:

(1) Allegany........................................2

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