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judge of the District Court or his designee. The chief clerk, each chief
administrative clerk, the clerk of the District Court in each county,
and any deputy or assistant clerk may each administer oaths.

150.    Dockets and records; report of convictions for violations of
motor vehicle laws; court of record; seal; lien of judgment;
enforcement of judgment; interest on judgment; revival

(a)  The chief clerk of the District Court and the clerks of the Dis-
trict Courts in each district and county shall keep and maintain the
dockets, records, and papers of the District Court. The records shall be
retained in the custody of the respective clerks except when neces-
sary 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 pro-
cedures as necessary [and t]. The procedures shall be uniform
throughout the State. Notwithstanding any provisions of Article 54
of the code to the contrary, the chief judge of the District Court and
the State archivist jointly shall establish a system for the disposition

and destruction of records after a period of time.

District Court in each district and county shall forward to the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles MOTOR VEHICLES ADMINISTRATION
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 oper-
ation of motor vehicles on highways. The chief judge of the District
Court and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles MOTOR VEHICLE
ADMINISTRATOR 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 final judgments and decrees shall be a lien upon real
estate and all leasehold interests and terms for years in land except
leases from year to year and leases for terms of not more than five
years and not renewable in the county in which the judgment is ob-
tained or subsequently filed and recorded [when a certified copy of
the docket entries is indexed and recorded in the records of the clerk
of a circuit court of the State; or in the City of Baltimore if the
judgment is obtained and recorded therein, all] in accordance with
the provisions of Article 26, § 20 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
1957 Edition, as amended. The court shall have [all] the same
power and authority to enforce and control [these] its judgments
and decrees as is vested in any other court of record in the State of
Maryland [.], but no judge shall issue any blank execution. The sale
of the defendant's interest in real or leasehold property under any
attachment of fieri fades issued out of the District Court shall be
valid. The sheriff or a constable of the county in which the property is
located THE OFFICER MAKING THE SALE shall execute and
deliver a deed for the property to the purchaser. The deed shall be
in the form set forth in Article 21, Section 72 and shall pass to the
purchaser all the judgment debtor's right, title, and interest in the
property at the time of recording the judgment or subsequently ac-
quired. The deed shall be recorded among the land records of the
county where the property is located.

151.    Cost of maintenance and operation; disposition of revenues.

(a) The cost of the maintenance, operation and administration, and
the cost of providing necessary facilities including capital costs, of the