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               COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                          WASHINGTON. D.C. 2054a



3--19969                          December 6, 1972



Mr. Eugene P. Kopp
Assistant Director (Administration)
United States Information Agency

Dear Mr. Kopp:

     We refer to your letter dated September 26, 1972, requesting our deci-
sion regarding the treatment to be accorded those payments received by
employees of the United States Information Agency (USIA) for jury service
in the courts of Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. M1ary's counties,
in the State of Maryland, in view of certain recent amendments to the
Maryland Code.

     You state that effective July 1, 1972, article 51, section 19(f), of
the Maryland Code vas amended to read as follows:

     19(f)  In Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's
     counties, jurors shall in lieu of a jurors (sic) salary
     receive $10.00 as    nse  rmoney for each day in attendance
     at a court as jurors, covering service up to the hourof  six
     o'clock p.m. on any day.  An additional sum of five dollars
     shall be paid as epense   oneX if the service on any day
     extends beyond six o'clock p.m., and up to nine o'clock p.m.
     A second additional su  of five dollars as er'enses shall be
     paid if the service on any day extends beyond nine o'cl6ck p.m.

     Prior to the July 1, 1972, amendment, Article 51, section 19(t) of
the Maryland Code stated that-

          (f)  In Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's
     counties, jurors shall receive ten dollars for each day in
     attendance at a court as jurors, covering service up to the
     hour of six o'clock p.m. on any day.  An additional sum of
     five dollars shall be paid if the service on any day extends
     beyond six o'clock p.m. and up to nine o'clock p.m.  A
     second additional sum of five dollars shall be paid if the
     service on any day extends beyond nine o'clock p.m.



                                               PUBLISHED  DECISION
                                               02 Comp. Gen.

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