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81 Maryland Attorney General Reports and Opinions 3 (1996)

handle is hein.sag/sagmd0019 and id is 1 raw text is: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

LIQUOR BOARDS - PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES -
COURTS AND JUDGES - PART-TIME DOMESTIC
RELATIONS MASTERDOES NOT HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE
OR EMPLOYMENT FOR PURPOSES OF EMPLOYMENT
RESTRICTION APPLICABLE TO BALTIMORE CITY
LIQUOR BOARD
May 2, 1996
Mr. Aaron Stansbury
Executive Secretary
Board of Liquor License Commissioners
for Baltimore City
Last year, you requested our opinion whether an individual
who holds the position of a standing domestic relations master for
the Circuit Court for Baltimore City is eligible for employment by
the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City (the
Board) as an appeals counsel. Under the relevant statute, an
employee of the Board may hold no other public office or
employment.
We responded to your request with an opinion concluding that
the position of standing domestic relations master is a public
employment. Thus, we concluded, a domestic relations master is
not eligible for employment by the Board as appeals counsel. 80
Opinions of the Attorney General 3 (1995).
Earlier this year, we were asked to reconsider our conclusion
by the domestic relations master who was interested in employment
by the Board as an appeals counsel. The examiner-master, as the
position is known in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, presented
us with a substantial amount of additional information about the
functioning of a part-time master who hears uncontested divorce
cases. We have also conducted our own additional research into the
operation of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City with respect to its
full-time and part-time masters.

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