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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 453.
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AN ACT to repeal chapter two hundred and twen-
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ty-five, passed at the January session, eighteen
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hundred and seventy-two, entitled " An act to -
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regulate the trial fees of the State's Attorney for
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Wicomico county, and to re-enact the same so as
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to read as follows :
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That in all civil or criminal cases
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where the State's Attorney for Wicomico county
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appears and tries cases, when it is his duty to ap-
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pear and try cases as now may be, or may hereafter
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be prescribed by law, any judge of the first judicial
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circuit of Maryland, may, in his discretion, allow such
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additional fees to the State's Attorney of said coun-
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Trial fees
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ty, in addition to what is now allowed by law, in
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each and every case, as the said judge may think
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just and proper, to be levied by the county com-
missioners of said county; provided that no addi-
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tional fees shall bo allowed when the total appear-
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ances and trial fees allowed by law to said State's
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Attorney amount to the sum of one thousand dol-
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lars in any one year; and provided further, that
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this act shall not be so construed as to include the
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fees and commissions of the said State's Attorney al-
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lowed and paid by the State of Maryland.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the State's At-
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torney for Wicomico county shall be ex-officio coun-
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sel to the board of county commissioners of said
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county; that he shall appear and try or defend in
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all cases, civil or criminal, where the said county is
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interested as plaintiff or defendant, except in cases
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Ex-officio
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where the State of Maryland is a party ; that he
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counsel.
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shall advise the county commissioners, when re-
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quested, on all questions of law where the county is
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concerned, and assist the county commissioners in
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all legal inquiries and investigations ; and the State's
Attorney shall receive such fees for his services ren-
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dered the county as may be proper and just, to be
levied by the county commissioners of said county;
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