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563A. All motions for new trials in criminal cases shall
be heard by the Court in which said motion is pending, or
by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City in cases of mo-
tions for new trials pending in the Criminal Court of Balti-
more City, within ten days after the filing of said motion,
or, in the event an agreed statement of the evidence, or a
statement of the evidence certified by the Judge before
whom the case was tried, is filed, within ten days after the
filing of said statement; provided, however, that the time
for the hearing of any such motion may be extended either
by an agreement in writing, signed by the State's Attorney
of the County or the City of Baltimore, wherein such
motion is pending, and by the defendant or his counsel, or
by an order signed by the trial Judge.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved December 15, 1933.

CHAPTER 77.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
154B of Article 72 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Oysters, " sub-title "Oyster Culture, " as same was
enacted by Chapter 300 of the Acts of 1933; to add a
new section to Article 72 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, title "Oysters, " sub-title "Oyster Culture, " to fol-
low immediately after Section 154B and to be known as
Section 154BB, providing for what shall be designated
as clamming grounds in Sinepuxent Bay, Chincoteague
Bay and the other waters of Worcester County; and to
repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 154D of
Article 72 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"Oysters, " sub-title "Oyster Culture, " as same was en-
acted by Chapter 432 of the Acts of 1931.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 154B of Article 72 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland, title "Oysters, " sub-title "Oyster