THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                    933

title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Attorney's", doloting RELAT-
ING TO the Five Dollars ($5.00) appearance fee in criminal cases
when the punishment for the offense charged is not death or con-
finement in the Penitentiary.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 10 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Attorneys", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

10. Attorneys at law shall be entitled to demand and receive the
following fees, to wit:

for bringing, prosecuting or defending any suit or action at law
in any of the courts of this State of original jurisdiction...............$5.00

for prosecuting or defending any cause, plaint or action, includ-
ing all proceedings to collect money due on mortgage, in any of the
courts of equity of this State............................_______..............................$10.00

for prosecuting or defending any cause in any of the orphans'
courts in this State__________________________..........................$10.00

for prosecuting or defending any cause in the court of
appeals .............................................................................................................................................$10.00

for prosecuting or defending in any criminal cases in any of the
courts of this State having criminal jurisdiction, when the punish-
ment for the offense charged is death or confinement in the Peni-
tentiary _____________________.___________________..___$10.00

f In all other criminal cases , EXCEPT CASES BEFORE MAG-
ISTRATES OR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE..........................................$5.00f

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 25, 1955.

CHAPTER 569
(Senate Bill 212)

AN ACT authorizing and directing the Maryland Racing Commis-
sion to award one additional day of racing to Ocean Downs Rac-
ing Association, Inc., during the year 1955, said additional day
to be in lieu of one day on which inclement weather prevented
racing during the year 1954.

WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 17 of Article 78B of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), the Maryland Racing Com-

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.