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appoint counsel to represent the person. Counsel for the person and
for the State shall have access to all records, reports and papers of
the institution relating to the person, and to all papers, in the posses-
sion of the court bearing upon the person's case, including a copy of
the report of the institution.

(c) Conduct of hearing for determination.—The hearing for de-
termination of defective delinquency shall be held no less than thirty
days following designation of counsel, unless acceleration of the time
is requested by the person or his counsel. Upon the application of the
State or of the person for a jury trial, or upon its own motion, the
court shall empanel a jury of twelve persons to be selected by the
court from the jurors then in attendance upon said court; or if the
court is in recess, the jurors shall be selected from those in attendance
at the term of court at which said petition is heard. The court shall
direct such jury after hearing to find specially, by its verdict, whether
the person is a defective delinquent as defined in Section 5. In the
absence of request for finding by a jury, the court may make such
determination sitting as judge and jury.

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

Approved April 17, 1963.

CHAPTER 284
(Senate Bill 543)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 11 of
Article 24 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1962 Supple-
ment) , title "Costs", to require advance payment of costs for dock-
eting cases in the circuit court for St. Mary's County, or for issu-
ing allotments, ATTACHMENTS, writs or executions, with excep-
tions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 11 of Article 24 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1962 Supplement), title "Costs", be and it is hereby repealed and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, Charles, St. Mary's, Worcester and Prince
George's counties 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, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.