The State's Attorney for each county shall, in
such county, prosecute and defend on the part of
the State all cases in which the State may be inte-
rested; and whenever in any case which he shall so
prosecute founded on an indictmentor presentment
found in any county or the city of Baltimore, an
appeal shall be taken by either party to the Court
of Appeals, it shall also be the duty of said State's
Attorney to prosecute or defend, as the case may
be, said appeal in the Court of Appeals, for which
service he shall be entitled to such compensation as
may be allowed by the County Commissioners of the
county where said presentment or indictment was
found, or by the Criminal Court of Baltimore
where indictment was found in said city to be
levied, collected and paid as other costs now are in
such cases ; and in no such case shall counsel fees
be paid by the State, unless to counsel specially
retained by the Governor.
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Duty of State's
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