WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 91

for salaries and expenses shall be made by the respective
counties in equal monthly installments unless otherwise
specified. The salaries and expenses are as follows:

(g) (1) In Carroll County, the State's Attorney's salary is
[$38,000] $60,000 A YEAR. THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL DEVOTE FULL
TIME TO THE DUTIES OF OFFICE. The County Commissioners shall
provide space for the offices of the State's Attorney and shall
pay the expenses of the office, including general operating
expenses, cost of equipment, and reasonable costs for secretarial
or stenographic needs, or in lieu of providing [said] space and
expenses, shall pay over to the State's Attorney a reasonable
allowance to be determined by the County Commissioners [from time
to time] to reimburse the State's Attorney for the costs of [his]
providing the same for the operation of [his] THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY'S office. The State's Attorney may appoint a deputy
State's Attorney. The deputy State's Attorney's annual salary
shall be set by the State's Attorney, subject to the approval of
the [Board of] County Commissioners. The State's Attorney may
appoint assistant State's Attorneys, as necessary to properly
staff [his] THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S offices, at salaries set by
the State's Attorney, subject to the approval of the [Board of]
County Commissioners.

(2) At such time as both the State's Attorney and the
resident judge of the Circuit Court for Carroll County deem it to
be necessary, the State's Attorney, with the approval of the
resident judge, may appoint an assistant State's Attorney. The
assistant State's Attorney shall be paid such salary as shall be
fixed by the County Commissioners [from time to time].

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to
Article III, Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act
may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary or
compensation of the State's Attorney for Carroll County in office
on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
concerning the salary or compensation of the State's Attorney
for Carroll 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, 1989.

Approved April 11, 1989.

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