Ch. 319                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  719

45.

When any case is brought to the circuit court for trial from the District Court,
except cases of appeal from the judgment of the [the] District Court, the circuit
court shall be deemed to have original jurisdiction of such case, and the parties
thereto shall be entitled to all right of removal provided in § 44 of this article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 319
(House Bill 754)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 49 and 50 of Article
65 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Militia," subtitle "In General," to correct certain errors in
the laws relating to the organized militia.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 49 and 50 of Article 65 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Militia,"
subtitle "In General," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

49.

Any person who shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, purchase, retain
after demand by a commissioned officer of the organized militia, or in any manner
pawn or pledge any arms, uniforms, equipment or other military property issued
under the provisions of this article, and any person who shall wear any uniform or
device, strap, knot or insignia of any design or character used as a designation of
grade, rank or office, such as are by law or general regulations duly promulgated
and prescribed for the use of the organized militia or similar thereto, except
members of the Army or Navy of the United States and the organized militia of
this or any other states, officers of the independent military organizations as
designated in this article, members of associations wholly composed of soldiers
honorably discharged from the service of the United States, and members of the
Confederate Veterans or like societies, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof in the District Court sitting in the city or county wherein such
offense was committed shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty
dollars for each and every offense, and in default of the payment of the fine and
costs, may be committed to the jail of the county or city, as the case may be,
pursuant to the provisions of Article 38, § 4, Annotated Code of Maryland. A fine
imposed on appeal from the judgment of the District Court shall be paid to the
ranking line officer of the State, who shall apply the same to the use of the
organized militia.