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record by the parties shall be in accordance with the procedure set

forth in (e) of this section.

      (e) (1) Within the appropriate time for appeal, the appellant

shall serve upon the appellee and file with the clerk of the trial court
a designation of record and a statement of proceedings and evidence

to be contained in the record on appeal. Within three days after

the appellant has filed the designation of the record, any other party
to the appeal may serve and file a designation of additional portions

of the record, proceedings, and evidence to be included.

(2) Instead of serving designations as above provided, the parties

may, by written stipulation filed with the clerk of the trial court,

designate the parts of the record, proceedings, and evidence to be

included in the record on appeal.

(3) All parties shall have the opportunity to assist in the prepara-
tion of a statement of proceedings and evidence. Whenever disagree-

ment arises between the parties as to what actually occurred at the

trial, it is the district court judge's function to confer with the parties
and settle the dispute.

(4) Nothing in this subsection is to be construed to prevent the
Court of Appeals from prescribing rules to supplement this subsec-
tion or to prescribe any other rules not inconsistent with it.

(D) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION IS TO BE CONSTRUED
TO PREVENT THE COURT OF APPEALS FROM PRESCRIB-
ING RULES TO SUPPLEMENT THIS SECTION OR TO PRE-
SCRIBE ANY OTHER RULES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH IT.

157.    Repeal of Inconsistent and Prior Laws.

Except to the extent required pursuant to the provisions of sub-
section (b), Section 41-I of Article IV of the Constitution, all pro-
visions of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957 Edition, as amended,
and those provisions of the public local laws applicable to the various
counties or the City of Baltimore which are inconsistent with the
provisions of any section of this Act, are hereby repealed.

158.    Severability.

If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or any part or parts of this
Act shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent juris-
diction such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the
remaining parts of this Act or of any other section thereof.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on January 1, 1971 THE FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, 1971, EX-
CEPT THOSE PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE OFFICES
OF CHIEF JUDGE AND CHIEF CLERK OF THE DISTRICT
COURT WHICH PROVISIONS SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON MAY
1, 1971, provided that the amendments to Articles IV, XV and XVII
of the Constitution of 1867 establishing the authority for the District
Court have been approved and adopted by the voters of the State.

Approved May 5, 1970