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necessary that they be transferred to other District Courts or to
other courts within or without the district in accordance with law.
The chief judge of the District Court shall establish such recordation
procedures as necessary, and the procedures shall be uniform through-
out the State. The clerks of the District Court in each district and
county shall forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles a record
of the conviction of any person in said court for a violation of any
provision of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957
Edition, as amended, or of any other law regulating the operation of
motor vehicles on highways. The Chief Judge of the District Court
and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall establish reporting
procedures which shall be uniform in all districts.

(b)    The District Court shall be a court of record and shall have
a seal, and its judgments shall be a lien upon real estate in the county
in which the judgment is obtained and OR subsequently filed and re-
corded, or in the city of Baltimore if the judgment is obtained or sub-
sequently filed and OR recorded therein, all in accordance with the
provisions of Article 26, Section 20 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, 1957 Edition, as amended. The court shall have all the power
and authority to enforce and control these judgments as is vested in
any other court of record in the State of Maryland.

(c)    All judgments of the District Court shall be entered up within
three (3) days of rendition and shall bear interest from the date
of entry at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum. Any judg-
ments rendered by a judge of the District Court shall remain in
force for twelve (12) years from date of entry and may be revived
at any time within said twelve (12) years by scire facias returnable
on a certain day not less than twenty (20) or more than thirty (SO)
days from issuing thereof. Whenever any plaintiff dies, his personal
representative has the right upon application to the Court to appear
and be made a party to the judgment, and whenever any defendant
dies within twelve (12) years from the entry of judgment, a scire
facias may be sued out upon application of the plaintiff to revive the
judgment against the personal representative of the defendant.

151.    Cost of System and Disposition of Revenues.

The cost of the maintenance, operation and administration, AND
THE COST OF PROVIDING NECESSARY FACILITIES INCLUD-
ING CAPITAL COSTS, of the District Court shall be borne exclu-
sively by the State, and, except as provided in Section 154 155, all
revenues derived from the operation and administration of the court
shall enure to the State.

152.    Office for Chief Judge and Chief Clerk.

The State shall provide at a central location adequate and appro-
priate offices, furnishings, and office equipment for the chief judge,
chief clerk, and their staffs.

153.    Service of Process, Sheriffs and Constables.

(a) Upon the recommendation of the administrative judge of
each district, the Chief Judge of the District Court shall appoint
DESIGNATE for each district a number of sheriffs or constables as
required to serve civil process of the District Court within that dis-