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appear from the said list to be due persons for their attend-
ance as State's witnesses, which sum of money shall be paid
over to the several persons entitled thereto by the Treasurer
of the county, upon presentation of the certificate of the
clerk of said court of the attendance of State's witnesses,
and the sums respectively due thereof.

451. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive
the Circuit Court for said county of the discretionary power of
ordering the costs of any case, including the attendance of
State's witnesses, to be paid by the defendant, or to disallow
any witnesses' attendance.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall not
affect or impair any right vested or acquired and existing
at the time of the passage of said Act; provided, that this
section shall not be construed to make irrepealable or irre-
vocable any right which before the passage of this Act was re-
pealable or revocable; nor shall said Act impair, discharge or
release any contract, obligation, duty, liability or penalty what-
ever now existing. All suits and actions, both civil and criminal,
pending or which may hereafter be instituted for causes of
action now existing or offenses already committed against any
law or regulation repealed by this Act, shall be instituted, pro-
ceeded with and prosecuted to final determination and judg-
ment as if this Act had not been passed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That all laws and parts
of laws now in force relating or applicable to Baltimore
county, and not included in this Act, and not inconsistent
with this Act, and all rules and regulations of the County
Commissioners of Baltimore county, heretofore passed in
any lawful capacity, and not inconsistent with this Act, shall
be and they are hereby continued until changed or repealed,
respectively, by the General Assembly of Maryland or said
County Commissioners acting as aforesaid in any lawful
capacity; provided, that all Acts or parts of Acts passed at
the session of the General Assembly of Maryland in the year
nineteen hundred and eight relating to Baltimore county, or
in any manner amending or adding to article 3 of the Public
Local Laws, as said article existed before the passage of this
Act, shall in no wise be affected by the passage of this Act
but all such laws shall have the same force and effect as if
this Act had not been passed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all officers pro-
vided for or named in said Act, whether by election or ap-
pointment, shall continue to hold, exercise and discharge