382                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 302

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 72A of Article 5 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1956 Supp.), title "Appeals and Errors", sub-title "Costs", be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

72A. In appeals from executive, administrative or judicial deci-
sions or actions, civil or criminal, of the State of Maryland, its in-
strumentalities, departments, commissions, agencies, or political
subdivisions, costs shall be assessed against the parties by the cir-
cuit courts of the counties, the courts of the supreme bench of Balti-
more City and the Court of Appeals, as in cases between private
suitors; and said courts are expressly empowered and directed to as-
sess costs against the State of Maryland, its instrumentalities, de-
partments, commissions, agencies, or political subdivisions when-
ever 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 subdivision of the State concerned. Provided that in all
cases of criminal appeals to the Court of Appeals of Maryland
[which are decided against the State in favor of the appellant, costs
shall be assessed against the political subdivision in which the case
originated], and in all habeas corpus appeals, the cost of printing
the State's Brief and Record Extract, and any other costs incurred
by the State, shall be paid immediately by the political subdivision
in which the case originated, upon notice thereof from the Attorney
General, and should the case be decided against the State in favor of
the appellant, all costs shall be assessed against the political sub-
division in which the case originated. Should any defendant against
whom costs have been assessed by the Court of Appeals in a criminal
case or in a habeas corpus appeal fail to pay said costs to the politi-
cal subdivision in which the case originated, then it shall be the duty
of the State's Attorney for said political subdivision to take the
necessary steps to recover the same. This Act shall apply to all costs
previously incurred by the State for the printing of briefs and record
extracts in criminal cases and not yet paid by the political subdivi-
sion in which the case originated.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 21, 1957.

CHAPTER 302
(Senate Bill 291)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 13 of
Article 97 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Weights and Measures", sub-title "Standard Weights and
Measures", relating to the population of cities or counties for

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