1014 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 474
CHAPTER 474.
(House Bill 561)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 10 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Attorneys at Law
and Attorneys in Fact", sub-title "Who May Not Practice
Law", said new section to be known as Section 18A and to
follow immediately after Section 18 of said Article, making
unlawful certain acts of certain officials, their deputies,
assistants or employees, of Washington County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title
"Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact", sub-title "Who
May Not Practice Law", said new section to be known as
Section 18A, to follow immediately after Section 18 of said
Article, and to read as follows:

18A. It shall be unlawful for any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff,
Warden or keeper of any Jail or any of his deputies, or any
Register of Wills or Clerk of any Court or Deputy Register or
Clerk, or Assistant Clerk, appointee or employee of any Reg-
ister of Wills or Clerk of any Court or Judge of the Orphans'
Court of Washington County, during the term of his office or
employment, and whether duly admitted to the practice of law
or not, directly or indirectly, to provide, prepare or assist in
the preparation of any paper, form, instrument or document
to be filed in or affecting or pertaining to any cause, cause of
action, proceeding or matter pending or which may thereafter
come before any Court of Record of said Washington County,
or to give any advice with reference thereto, whether for any
fee, gratuity, gift or reward or not, except in any such cause,
cause of action, proceeding or matter in which he is a party
or in the result of which he has a property interest; the doing
of any of the acts made unlawful by this section shall be
deemed to be practicing law; provided, however, that the per-
formance of any positive duty imposed by law upon any of
the persons hereinabove named shall not constitute a viola-
tion of the terms of this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 24, 1939.