ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1551

to have said Article 4, Public Local Laws of Miaryland, (Con-
taining the Baltimore City Charter) printed and Published
and to sell copies thereof at such price as to them may seem
reasonable, the money received from the sale of such copies to
be paid over to the Comptroller of the City of Baltimore,

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shall furnish free of change to each mem-
ber of the General Assembly of Maryland elected from Baltimore
City, and to each member of the City Council of Baltimore a
copy compiled of Article 4, containing the Baltimore City Char-
ter and all Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1927
relating to Baltimore City as compiled under the direction of
the City Solicitor.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1927.

Approved April 26, 1927.

CHAPTER 684.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 26 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Courts," sub-
title "Court of Appeals"; said additional section to follow
immediately after Section 35 and to be designated as Section
35-A and conferring power upon the Court of Appeals of
Maryland to make rules, revise and simplify the principles
of pleading and practice now in force in the Courts of law
of this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land., That a new and additional section be and it is hereby
added to Article 26 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title "Courts," sub-title "Court of Appeals," to
follow immediately after Section 35 and to be designated as;
Section 35-A of said Article and to read as follows:

35-A. The Court of Appeals shall have power to prescribe
by general rules for the Courts of law in this State the forms
of process, writs, pleadings and motions and the practice and
procedure in actions at law, and to provide when such rules
shall take effect. Said rules shall neither abridge, enlarge or
modify the substantive rights of any litigants, as distinct from
procedural matters; but in respect to the latter shall have the