WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 43

CHAPTER 39.
(Senate Bill 121)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 8 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Courts", sub-title "Appointment
of Assistant Counsel", relating to the compensation to
be paid for services rendered by Counsel appointed by
the Courts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 8 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Courts", sub-title "Ap-
pointment of Assistant Counsel", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

8. The county commissioners of the several counties
and the mayor and city council of Baltimore shall levy
and pay for the services rendered by any person appointed
by the court to assist in the prosecution or defense of any
case such amount as shall be determined by the Court
appointing said counsel; and provided, that in no case
tried in any court of criminal jurisdiction in the city of
Baltimore shall any attorney be entitled to demand or
receive the appearance fees for defending in criminal cases
fixed by law except when such fees are taxed against and
paid by the accused as part of the costs of the case.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved February 26, 1947.

CHAPTER 40.
(Senate Bill 134)

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to issue certificates of indebtedness of said cor-
poration to an amount not exceeding Twenty Million
Dollars ($20,000,000.00), the proceeds of the same to be
expended for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation
or any other legal means, of land or property, or any
rights therein, in the City of Baltimore, and constructing