374                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [CH. 208

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 13 of Article 10 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact," sub-
title "Misconduct of Attorneys—Negligence—Disbarment—Suspen-
sion," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

13.

Charges of professional misconduct, malpractice, fraud, deceit,
crime involving moral turpitude, or conduct prejudicial to the ad-
ministration of justice, against any attorney at law may be filed in
any court where such attorney is admitted to practice by any bar
association acting through its appropriate committee or by any group
of five or more members of the bar, but if he has not been admitted
to practice by the Circuit Court of any County or by the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, but has been admitted to practice by the
Court of Appeals of Maryland, then such charges may be filed in the
Circuit Court of the County or in the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
City, where such attorney resides, or last resided in Maryland, or
where the offense was committed, and thereupon such proceedings
shall be had as if said charges had been filed by the court and speci-
fied in the order directing the prosecution thereof, referred to in
Section 12 of this article. In addition, any bar association of the
State, acting through its appropriate committee, may file charges of
being a subversive person, as defined by the Subversive Activities
Act of 1949, against any attorney at law admitted to practice by the
Court of Appeals of Maryland [in any court where such attorney is
admitted to practice] in the same court as specified above with respect
to other charges, and thereupon, such proceedings shall be had as if
said charges had been filed by the court and specified in the order
directing the prosecution thereof, referred to in Section 12 of this
article.

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

Approved March 29, 1963.

CHAPTER 208
(House Bill 521)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 37(g) of
Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supplement),
title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Compensation and Duties," relating to
sheriffs in Cecil County, and their deputies, thereby compensation
AND duties; increasing the number of deputies and the compen-
sation of all sheriffs and deputies.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 37 (g) of Article 87 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Sheriffs," subtitle "Compensation and
Duties," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows: