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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. 3