968 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 299

charge or charges, indictment or indictments, results in a
record of conviction being entered against the person or
persons so arrested, in connection with which the said
money, currency, or cash may have been so seized or cap-
tured, the County Treasurer of Washington THE County
may after one month from the date of the record of the
entry of such conviction, unless the case is appealed to
Court of Appeals make application to the Circuit Court of
Washington THE County, for an order declaring and order-
ing that such money, currency or cash in the custody of the
County Treasurer shall be forfeited to the sole use and gain
of the said county. The Court to which any such application
has been directed shall establish to its satisfaction that
there is no pending and undetermined suit or proceeding
which has been filed in any court of competent jurisdiction,
against said Treasurer, seeking a return or recovery of the
said money, currency or cash so held in custody, before said
Court shall proceed so to order a forfeiture of such money,
currency or cash to Washington THE County.

(d) If the trial or other ultimate disposition of such
charge or charges, indictment or indictments, results in an
acquittal or other final determination of such proceedings
in favor of the person or persons so arrested, in connec-
tion with which the said money, currency or cash may have
been so seized or captured, the same shall be returned to
the person from whom taken on the expiration of ninety
days from such acquittal or other final determination, un-
less some other person or persons claiming to own any or
all of the said money, currency, or cash shall have, within
ninety days from the date of the record of the entry of such
acquittal or other final determination, applied to the Cir-
cuit Court of Washington THE County, for an order declar-
ing and ordering that such money, currency or cash in the
custody of the County Treasurer is the property of the per-
son or persons so applying and should be returned to him
or them forthwith by the said Treasurer. In the event some
other person or persons so apply, the Court shall hear and
determine the issue as in other cases at law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 13, 1951.