Ch. 11

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a) When a court imposes a fine upon an individual, the
court may direct as follows:

(1)  That the defendant pay the entire amount of the
fine at the time sentence is imposed; [or]

(2)  That the defendant pay the fine in specified
portions or installments at designated periodic intervals, and in
such case may direct that the fine be remitted to a probation
agency or officer, who shall report to the court in the event of
any failure to comply with the order; or

(3)  Where the defendant is sentenced to a period of
probation as well as a fine, that payment of the fine be a
condition of the sentence.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This deletes an extraneous conjunction in
Article 38, § 4(a).

The extraneous disjunctive conjunction, "or", was
contained in Ch. 147 of the Acts of 1970.

The extraneous conjunction was noted by the Michie
Company.

4A.

No person who may be prosecuted for any misdemeanor or
offense and discharged by the court on submission, or fined not
exceeding fifteen cents, or prosecuted for any crime and
acquitted on trial by jury, shall be burdened with the payment of
any costs or fees accruing on such prosecution, but all such
costs and fees, with the legal costs of the party accused, shall
be paid by the county; and no person taken upon any warrant or
capias on presentment where no bill of indictment is found shall
be liable to pay or give security for costs, but such costs shall
be paid by the county. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
CITY shall not, however, be liable in any such cases tried in the
Circuit Court for Baltimore City for the appearance fees allowed
by law to the attorney of the traverser.

DRAFTER'S NOTE This corrects a stylistic error in Article
38, § 4A.

The stylistic error, the omission of the clarifying
"City" used in referring to Baltimore City, first
appears in the 1888 Edition of the Public General Laws
of Maryland (date of enactment unknown).

The stylistic error was noted by the Michie Company.

38A - Fires and Investigations

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