THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 921

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 11, 1953.

CHAPTER 492
(House Bill 314)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 5 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Appeals
and Errors", sub-title "Costs", said new section to be
known as Section 72A of said Article 5, and to follow
immediately after Section 72 thereof, relating to assess-
ment of costs in appeals from actions, civil or criminal,
of the State, its agencies, and political subdivisions, as
in cases between private suitors, such costs to be paid
from the budget of the State, agency or political sub-
division concerned.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be added to Article 5 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Ap-
peals and Errors", sub-title "Costs", said new section to
be known as Section 72A of said Article 5, and to follow
immediately after Section 72 thereof, and to read as
follows:

72A. In appeals from executive and, administrative OR
JUDICIAL decisions or actions, civil or criminal, of the
State of Maryland, its instrumentalities, departments, com-
missions, agencies, or political sub-divisions, costs shall be
assessed against the parties by the Circuit Courts of the
Counties, the Courts of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City and the Court of Appeals, as in cases between private
suitors; and said Courts are expressly empowered and
directed to assess costs against the State of Maryland, its
instrumentalities, departments, commissions, agencies, or
political sub-divisions whenever costs would be so assessed
if the State were a private suitor, said costs to be paid out
of the budget of the State, or of the agency or political sub-
division of the State concerned. PROVIDED THAT IN

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.