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county, for an order declaring and ordering that such money, cur-
rency or cash in the custody of the director of finance or county treas-
urer shall be forfeited to the sole use and gain of the said county [.]
or city. The court to which any such application has been directed
shall establish to its satisfaction that there is no pending and un-
determined suit or proceeding which has been filed in any court of
competent jurisdiction, against said director of finance or treasurer,
seeking a return or recovery of the said money, currency or cash
so held in custody, before said court shall proceed so to order a
forfeiture of such money, currency or cash to the county.

(d) If the trial or other ultimate disposition of such charge or
charges, indictment or indictments, results in an acquittal or other
final determination of such proceedings in favor of the person or
persons so arrested, in connection with which the said money, cur-
rency or cash may have been so seized or captured, the same shall
be returned to the person from whom taken on the expiration of
ninety days from such acquittal or other final determination, unless
some other person or persons claiming to own any or all of the said
money, currency, or cash shall have, within ninety days from the
date of the record of the entry of such acquittal or other final deter-
mination, applied to the circuit court of the county, for an order
declaring and ordering that such money, currency or cash in the
custody of the director of finance or county treasurer is the property
of the person or persons so applying and should be returned to him
or them forthwith by the said director of finance or treasurer. In
the event some other person or persons so apply, the court shall
hear and determine the issue as in other cases at law.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 885
(House Bill 407)

AN ACT to add a new Section 71A to Article 66½ of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle
"Disposition of Lost, Abandoned and Stolen Motor Vehicles," to
follow immediately after Section 71 thereof, providing for the dis-
position of lost, abandoned and stolen motor vehicles, and parts
thereof in Prince George's County and empowering the Board of
County Commissioners of Prince George's County to make rules
and regulations with regard to the taking custody of and disposi-
tion of lost, abandoned and stolen motor vehicles and parts thereof
and to provide penalties for the violation of said rules and regula-
tions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 71A be and it is hereby added to Article 66½ of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Motor Vehi-
cles," subtitle "Disposition of Lost, Abandoned and Stolen Motor