J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1039

under the provisions of this section. A person appointed under the
terms of this sub-section shall be entitled to receive the scholarship
only for one academic year, but shall not thereby be prevented from
receiving a subsequent appointment, according to the provisions of
this section, which subsequent appointment shall be for a total of not
more than three academic years.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 591
(Senate Bill 493)

AN ACT to repeal Section 31 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1965 Supplement), title "Courts", subtitle "Circuit
Courts of the Counties—Court Stenographers"; and to repeal and
re-enact, with amendments, Section 10 of Article 24 of the said
Code (1957 Edition and 1965 Supplement), title "Costs", to pro-
vide that court costs be uniform throughout the State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 31 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Supplement), title "Courts", sub-title "Circuit Courts of the
Counties—Court Stenographer", be and it is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 10 of Article 24
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1965 Supple-
ment) , title "Costs", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

10.

(a) The clerks of the circuit courts of the counties and the clerks
of the civil common-law AND EQUITY courts of Baltimore City
shall not docket any suit or issue process in any original suit, matter,
proceeding or action at law until the plaintiff, or someone in his
behalf, shall first deposit with the clerk of the court in which such
suit, matter or proceeding shall be brought, toward the payment of
the costs of the clerk and sheriff for which plaintiff is liable, the
following sums, viz.:

[(1)] For and on account of the clerk's costs for docketing such
suit, matter or proceeding, the sum of [$2.50 in the counties, except
Harford County where such sum shall be $5.00, and the sum of $3.75
in Baltimore City;

(2) For and on account of the services of the sheriff in serving
the writ of summons on each defendant the sum of 75 cents in the
counties and the sum of $1.35 for each corporate defendant and 95
cents for each other defendant in Baltimore City] $10 for any law
case and $15 for any equity case.