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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 472

Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and they are hereby
repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

7-204.

(a) Except in the District Court and except as
provided in this section, an attorney—at—law is entitled
to demand and receive the following fees:

(1)   For bringing, prosecuting, or defending any
action at law in a court of original jurisdiction—$5;

(2)   For prosecuting or defending any action,
including the collection of money due on mortgage, in a
court of equity—$10;

(3)  For prosecuting or defending fan appeal] A CASE
in the Court of Appeals—$10;

(4)   For prosecuting or defending a criminal case if
the punishment for the offense charged is death or
confinement in the penitentiary—$10;

(5)  In all other criminal cases—$5.

12-604.

Fees and costs shall be the same as in a civil
[appeal] CASE docketed in the Court of Appeals and be
equally divided between the parties unless otherwise
ordered by the certifying court in its order of
certification.

SECTION 30. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That

Sections 3-130, 4-1109(c),     6-111 (b), 9-305(d), and

9—308(d) of Article - Natural Resources, of the Annotated

Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and

they are hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

Article — Natural Resources

3-130.

If the Service and a municipality or person fail to
reach agreement on rates, fees, or other charges to be
exacted by the Service, the Public Service Commission,
[upon] ON the petition of either party to the
disagreement, shall assume jurisdiction for the purpose
of arbitrating the disagreement. Its determination shall
be final and binding on all parties concerned, subject to
the right of any party to appeal the determination to the
circuit court of any county within which the municipality
or person is located, resides, or carries on business, or
to any equity court in Baltimore City. In any appeal the
decision of the Commission is prima facie correct and
shall be affirmed unless clearly shown to be (1) in
violation of constitutional provisions, or (2) made
[upon] ON unlawful procedure, or (3) arbitrary or