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general laws of the State.] Where the act or omission is of a con-
tinuing nature and is persisted in, a conviction for one offense is not a
bar to a conviction for a continuation of the offense subsequent to the
first or any succeeding conviction.

Section 21. And be it further enacted, That Sections 10(c) and
11 of Article 24, Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume, 1971 Supplement), title "Costs," be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

10.    Deposits for costs of clerk and sheriff.

(c) Deposit not required on appeals to the common-law courts of
Baltimore City from Workmen's Compensation Commission.—Such
deposits shall not be required to be made in proceedings in the nature
of an appeal to the common-law courts of Baltimore City to have re-
viewed any decision of the Workmen's Compensation Commission
[and in appeals from judgments rendered by the People's Court].

11. Collection of costs in advance in certain counties.

[No case at law or in equity shall be docketed in the circuit court of
Anne Arundel, Harford, Montgomery, Charles, St. Mary's, Somerset,
Worcester and Prince George's counties nor in the first and second
judicial circuits shall any appeal from any people's court or magistrate
court on any civil case be docketed by the circuit court, until the clerk
of the circuit court shall have been paid the costs therefor; nor shall
any attachment, writ of fieri facias or execution on judgment be is-
sued until the costs therefor shall have been paid to the said clerk,
provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply
to any indigent plaintiff, or to any person unable to pay the costs of
docketing any said case or the issuance of any attachment, writ of
fieri facias or execution on judgment as provided herein.]

(a)  No case at law or in equity may be docketed in the circuit
court of Anne Arundel, Harford, Montgomery, Charles, St. Mary's,
Somerset, Worcester, or Prince George's County until the costs have
been paid to the clerk.

(b)  In the counties named in subsection (a) of this section, no
attachment, writ of fieri facias or execution on judgment may be
issued out of the circuit court until the costs have been paid to the
clerk of the circuit court.

(c)    No civil appeal from the District Court may be docketed in
any circuit court or in the Baltimore City Court until the costs have
been paid to the clerk of the appellate court pursuant to the Mary-
land Rules.

(d)  This section does not apply to an indigent plaintiff, or to any
person unable to pay the costs of docketing a case or of issuing an
attachment, writ of fieri facias, or execution on judgment.

Section 22. And be it further enacted, That Sections 124 and 154
of Article 25, Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume), title "County Commissioners," subtitles, respectively, "Me-
ridian Line," and "Public Roads," be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: