HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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of the court shall be in writing and a copy of the order
shall be sent to the State's attorney. If the judge rejects
the proffer on an oral motion and requires the person from
whom the property was taken to proceed for return of the
seized property by petition and an order to show cause to
the police authority seizing the property and it is
subsequently ordered that the property be restored to the
person from whom it was taken, court costs shall not be
assessed against the petitioner. However, if it appears that
the property taken is the same as that described in the
warrant and that there is probable cause for believing the
existence of the grounds on which the warrant was- issued,
then said judge shall order the same retained in the custody
of the person seizing it or to be otherwise disposed of
according to law.

(c) (1) If, at any time, on application to a judge of
the circuit court of any county [or of the Criminal Court of
Baltimore City] or judge of the District Court, it is found
that property rightfully taken under a search warrant is
being wrongfully withheld after there is no further need for
retention of the property, the judge must cause it to be
restored to the person from whom it was taken.

591.

(a)  Within two weeks after the arraignment of a person
accused of a criminal offense, or within two weeks after the
filing of an appearance of counsel or the appointment of
counsel for an accused in any criminal matter, whichever
shall occur first, a judge or other designated official of
the Circuit Court [or the Criminal Court of Baltimore City]
in which the matter is pending, shall set a date for the
trial of the case, which date shall be not later than 180
days from the date of the arraignment of the person accused
or the appearance or the appointment of counsel for the
accused whichever occurs first. The date established for
the trial of the matter shall not be postponed except for
good cause shown by the moving party and only with the
permission of the administrative judge of the court where
the matter is pending.

(b)  The judges of the Court of Appeals of Maryland are
authorized to establish additional rules of practice and
procedure for the implementation of this section [in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City and] in the various circuit
courts throughout the State of Maryland.

596.

If an arrest is made in this State by an officer of
another state, in accordance with provisions of § 595, he
shall, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested
before a judge of the circuit court of the county [or a
judge of the Criminal Court of Baltimore City,] in which the