J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        639

PELLATE PROCEEDINGS SETTING THE AMOUNT OF THE
PREMIUM TO BE CHARGED FOR SUCH BONDS, directing
the Sheriff of said County to keep an index of said bonds and enter
on all writs and process directed to him the status of said bonds,
providing for funds to be supplied to the Sheriff of said County by
the County Council of said County necessary to carry out said
provisions, and relating generally to bail bonds in the said County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 4-9A be and it is hereby added to the Montgomery
County Code, (1960 Edition, being Article 16 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Montgomery County", subtitle
"Chapter 4.—Bail Bonds," to follow immediately after Section 4-9
thereof, and to read as follows:

4-9A.

Bond to Guarantee Appearance; Index to be Kept by Sheriff;
Council to Supply Funds.

(a)    In all criminal cases in Montgomery County IN WHICH
THE CIRCUIT COURT HAS SOLE TRIAL JURISDICTION all
bonds shall be written so as to guarantee the appearance of the
defendant at all stages of the proceeding, EXCEPT AN APPELLATE
PROCEEDING, before any Judge or Court; and no AND SHALL BE
WRITTEN AT A PREMIUM RATE OF 8% OF THE AMOUNT OF
THE BOND; AND NO SUCH bond shall be accepted by any Judge,
Sheriff, deputy sheriff, Justice of the Peace or clerk of any Court for
or in Montgomery County unless it is written in such form. Nothing
contained herein shall limit the power of any Justice of the Peace,
Judge or Court at any stage of the proceeding to increase or reduce
the amount of said bond, NOR SHALL ANYTHING CONTAINED
HEREIN APPLY TO BONDS WRITTEN TO GUARANTEE THE
APPEARANCE OF THE DEFENDANT AT ANY APPELLATE
PROCEEDING.

(b)    Any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, deputy sheriff or
clerk of any Court for or in Montgomery County, receiving or accept-
ing said bail bonds, shall forward within twenty-four hours copies of
all bonds written pursuant to subsection (a) hereof to the Sheriff of
Montgomery County, who shall keep a properly indexed record of
each defendant for whom a bail bond is received and accepted as
aforesaid, the number of the case, indictment, information or war-
rant, the crime or crimes charged, the amount and type bond and any
forfeiture thereof; and it shall be the duty of said Sheriff to enter on
writs and process directed to him, affecting a defendant for whom a
bail bond has been received and accepted as aforesaid, whether or
not the bond of the defendant is in full force and effect or has been
forfeited. The County Council for Montgomery County shall provide
such funds to the Sheriff of Montgomery County as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions hereof.

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

Approved April 29, 1966.