504                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 389

(1957 Edition), title "Costs", be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

11.

No case at law or in equity shall be docketed in the circuit court
of HARFORD, Montgomery , Worcester and Prince George's coun-
ties until the clerk of the court for said county shall have been paid
the costs therefor; nor shall any attachment, writ of fieri facias or
execution on judgment be issued until the costs therefor shall have
been paid to the said clerk, provided, however, that the provisions of
this section shall not apply to any indigent plaintiff, or to any person
unable to pay the costs of docketing any said case or the issuance of
any attachment, writ of fieri facias or execution on judgment as
provided herein.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 389
(Senate Bill 312)

AN ACT to add a new Section 194A to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments", to follow immediately after Section 194 thereof and to be
under the new sub-title "Fraud—Upon Telephone Companies",
AND OTHER PARTIES'', making it a misdemeanor for any
person to obtain telephone services from any telephone company,
FIRM OR PRIVATE PERSON with intent to cheat or defraud.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 194A be and it is hereby added to Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Crimes and
Punishments", to follow immediately after Section 194 thereof and
to be under the new sub-title "Fraud—Upon Telephone Companies",
AND OTHER PARTIES", and to read as follows:

Fraud—Upon Telephone Companies AND OTHER PARTIES

194A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to obtain
any telephone services, whether local or long distance, or both, from
any telephone company, OR ANY FIRM OR PRIVATE PERSON
with intent to cheat or defraud any SUCH telephone company, and/or
any other person or persons, OTHER FIRM OR PRIVATE PER-
SON, by installing, rearranging, or tampering with any facilities or
equipment, or by any trick, stratagem, impersonation, pretension,
falsification of fact, or contrivance, or by any other device or means
whatsoever, excepting only any device or mean which constitutes a

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.