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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

wise of none effect; and the judges of election shall under
their hands within three days of the said day of election cer-
tify to the Mayor and City Council the result of the said
election.

SEC. n. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1900.

CHAPTER 170.
AN ACT to amend Article 1 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Frederick County," by inserting
after Section thirty -seven, under a new sub-title, to be
designated "Attorney's Fees," certain additional sections,
to be known as 37 A and 37 B, providing for the appoint-
ment of Assistant Counsel in Criminal and other State
cases, and to defend in criminal cases, and regulating the
compensation to be allowed the County Commissioners of
said county for such services.

Frederick Co.
Attorney's
Fees.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Article 1 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Frederick County," be and the same is
hereby amended by inserting after Section thirty-seven, under
a new sub-title, to be designated "Attorney's Fees," certain
additional sections, to be known as 37 A and 37 B, which
shall read as follows:

May appoint
Assistant
Counsel.

37 A. The Circuit Court for Frederick County may appoint
assistant counsel for the State to aid in the trial of criminal
or other State cases in said court, whenever in the judgment
of said court the public interest requires it; and the said court
may likewise appoint counsel to defend any person in the
trial of any criminal case in said court, whenever in the
judgment of said court a just regard for the rights of the
accused requires it."

Compensation

37 B . The County Commissioners of said county shall levy
and pay for the services rendered by the person appointed by
said court to assist in the prosecution, or to defend in any
case the following fees, which shall be the total amount
paid in any case on either side, whether one or more such
counsel be appointed; namely, where the offense charged
in the indictment as murder, arson or rape, not to exceed
one hundred dollars; where the offense so charged is man-