Marvin Mandel, Governor                         683

Section 62. And be it further enacted, That Sections 24, 42, 45,
75(a), and 93 of Article 75, Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Re-
placement Volume and, as to Section 24, 1971 Supplement), title
"Pleadings, Practice and Process at Law," subtitles, respectively,
"Practice" and "Process," be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

§ 24. Continuance during session of legislature or Legislative
Council where an attorney is a member thereof.

When it shall appear that any attorney of record of any party to
any suit or proceeding at law or in equity, including any case or pro-
ceeding in a criminal court, [before a justice of the peace or magis-
trate,] the United States courts, the Court of Appeals of Maryland,
the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, the circuit court for a
county, a court of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, the Dis-
trict Court, or any administrative board or agency of the State,
county, municipality, or federal government is a member of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland or a desk officer of either house of the Gen-
eral Assembly, such suit or proceeding shall be continued from five
days prior to the opening of the General Assembly session until ten
days after said General Assembly of Maryland shall have adjourned,
unless such attorney shall upon the call of such suit or proceeding
for trial waive the benefit of this section. When it shall appear that
any attorney of record of any party to any suit or proceeding at law
or in equity, including any case or proceeding in a criminal court,
[before a justice of the peace or magistrate,] the United States
courts, the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the Court of Special Appeals
of Maryland, the circuit court for a county, a court of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, the District Court, or any administrative
board or agency of the State, county, municipality or federal govern-
ment, is a member of the Legislative Council of Maryland or one of
its subcommittees, such suit or proceeding shall be continued when
the said Legislative Council, or said subcommittee, as the case may be,
is holding a meeting, unless such attorney shall upon the call of such
suit or proceeding for trial waive the benefit of this provision. When-
ever it shall be necessary to file a brief or memorandum of law in any
suit or proceeding in law or equity, including any case or proceeding
in a criminal court, the United States courts, in the Court of Appeals
of Maryland, in the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, [in a
criminal court, before a justice of the peace or magistrate,] the United
States courts, the circuit court for a county, a court of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, the District Court, or any administrative
board or agency of the State, county, municipality, or federal govern-
ment, which has been continued under the provisions of this section,
then such suit or proceeding shall be continued for a time sufficient
to prepare and file such brief or memorandum.

42. Penalty for re-entry after eviction by writ of possession.

If a party evicted by writ of possession re-enters upon said prop-
erty, or any part of the same, without the consent of the purchaser,
he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof [either before a justice of the peace or trial magistrate or in
a people's court or in the circuit court for any county for the State,
or the Criminal Court of Baltimore City,] he shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than sixty days or