MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             2405

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 27 — Crises and Punishments
14A.

[[(A) NOTHING IN SECTION 14 OF THIS ARTICLE MAI BE
CONSTRUED OR APPLIED TO PREVENT AN OFFICES OR AUTHORIZED
EMPLOYEE OF A CORPORATION FROM APPEARING OR BRINGING SUIT
IN DISTRICT COURTS IN THIS STATE ON BEHALF OF HIS
CORPORATION IN THE COLLECTION OF ANY COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT
INVOLVING AN AMOUNT NOT IN EXCESS OF $500.

(B) THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISIONS TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED II THE RULES FOR THE
DISTRICT COURT. ]]

(A) SECTION 14 OF THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT APPLY TO
AN OFFICER OF A CORPORATION APPEARING IN THE DISTRICT
COURT ON BEHALF OF THAT CORPORATION 18 A CIVIL SUIT
INVOLVING A CLAIM NOT EXCEEDING $250 AND NOT BASED UPON
AN ASSIGNMENT TO THE CORPORATION OF THE INTEREST OF
ANOTHER.

(B) THIS SECTION APPLIES NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
MARYLAND DISTRICT RULE TO THE CONTRARY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 701
(House Bill 81)
AN ACT concerning

Public Education — Obtaining High School
Diploma by Examination

FOR the purpose of changing and removing certain
restrictions on those persons who may obtain a high
school diploma by examination.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 77 - Public Education
Section 83(a)