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(5)  the defendant had a business office in the foreign state and the
proceedings in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising
out of business done by the defendant through that office in the
foreign state; or

(6)  the defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the
foreign state and the proceedings involved a cause of action arising
out of such operation.

(b) The courts of this state may recognize other bases of jurisdic-
tion.

53F.

If the defendant satisfies the court either that an appeal is pending
or that he is entitled and intends to appeal from the foreign judgment,
the court may stay the proceedings until the appeal has been deter-
mined or until the expiration of a period of time sufficient to enable
the defendant to prosecute the appeal.

53G.

This subtitle does not prevent the recognition of a foreign judgment
in situations not covered by this subtitle.

58H.

This subtitle shall be so construed as to effectuate its general pur-
pose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

58-I.

This subtitle may be cited as the Uniform Foreign Money-Judg-
ments Recognition Act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 202
(House Bill 50)

AN ACT to add new Sections 319 to 338, inclusive, to Article 41 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1962 Supple-
ment), title "Governor—Executive and Administrative Depart-
ments," to follow immediately after Section 318 thereof, and to be
under the new subtitle "Interstate Compact on Mental Health,"
adopting the so-called Interstate Compact on Mental Health, and
relating generally to the care and treatment of certain types of
mental illness and mental deficiency in this State, and to inter-
relationships between this State and other states, territories or
possessions of the United States.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Sections 319 to 338, inclusive, be added to Article 41 of the