1496 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 676

City Court, as the case may be, at any time [within thirty
(30) days of the rendition of such judgment] within
thirty (30) days from the date of said judgment if the
cause is civil, and within ten (10) days if the cause is crim-
inal or deals with a violation of any motor vehicle law; and
the court to which such appeal is taken shall hear the case
de novo and determine the same according to law and the
equity and right of the matter; and this section shall be
construed to include all actions of debt for the collection
of fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by any law of
the State or by any ordinance of any incorporated city or
town of the State, and which are made recoverable before
a Justice of the Peace, in which a right of appeal may not
be given by the law imposing same [. ]; and this section
shall also be construed to include all causes of any kind or
nature triable before any Justice of the Peace.

In the event an appeal is taken from a conviction im-
posing a fine or other monetary penalty in a criminal case,
the Trial Magistrate shall transmit the fine, costs or other
monetary penalty so levied to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court to which said appeal is taken. In the event of ac-
quittal or of the levy of a fine (including costs) by the Cir-
cuit Court in a sum less than that levied by the Magistrate,
the entire fine or the surplus held by the Clerk in excess of
the fine levied by the Circuit Court, as the case may be,
shall be returned to the defendant. All fines levied by the
Circuit Court hereunder shall be paid by the said Clerk to
the County Commissioners as provided in this section. In
the event of a dismissal of an appeal by the defendant be-
fore trial in the Circuit Court, the Clerk shall pay the fine,
costs, or other monetary penalty so deposited with him to
the County Commissioners as hereinabove provided.

In the event an appeal is taken from a conviction for a
violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws, the Trial Magistrate
shall transmit the fine, costs, or other monetary penalty
levied in such case to the Clerk of the Circuit Court to
which said appeal is taken. In the event of any acquittal
or of the levy of a fine (including costs) by the Circuit
Court in a sum less than that levied by the Magistrate, the
entire fine or the surplus held by the Clerk in excess of the
fine levied by the Circuit Court as the case may be, shall
be returned to the defendant. All fines levied by the Cir-
cuit Court for motor vehicle violations shall be paid by the
Clerk of the Circuit Court to the Department of Motor
Vehicles. In the event of the dismissal of an appeal by the
defendant before trial in the Circuit Court the said Clerk