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45.                         Termination of Appearance

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any other pro-
vision of this Code or Rule of Court, the appearance of an attorney
in any action, cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, before any
court of original jurisdiction in this State shall be deemed to have
terminated for the purpose of service of any motion, process, or any
other pleading upon completion of the case ending in a verdict,
adjudication, decree or final order, from which no appeal is taken
when the time allowed for an appeal has expired. There shall be
no action required of any person or attorney under this section, but
the Court having jurisdiction of the matter may suspend the termi-
nation of the appearance on its own motion or provided any party
to the case offers a motion prior to the expiration of the time for
appeal to require that the attorney move to strike his appearance
according to the Maryland Rules of Procedure.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act
shall apply to all actions, causes or proceedings, civil or criminal,
which have been completed and from which no appeal can now be
taken.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application and to this end
all of the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 123
(House Bill 215)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 2-108(b)
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supple-
ment), title "Decedents' Estates," subtitle "The Court," subheading
"The Probate Court," amending the laws concerning the compen-
sation of judges of the Orphans' Court for Anne Arundel County
in order to provide for an expense allowance for each judge and to
provide further for the payment of certain expense allowances.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 2-108(b) of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1971 Supplement), title "Decedents' Estates," subtitle "The
Court," subheading "The Probate Court," be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

2-108.

(b) The salary of the judges of the court for Anne Arundel
County shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per