WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 67

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

7-204.

(a) (1) Except in the District Court, except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection for Baltimore County, and except
as otherwise provided in this section, an attorney-at-law is
entitled to demand and receive the following fees:

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

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

(iii) For prosecuting or defending a case in
the Court of Appeals — $10;

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

(v) In all other criminal cases -- $5.

(k) In Worcester County the Clerk of the Circuit Court
shall deposit monthly all appearance fees collected under
subsection (a) OF THIS SECTION into [the] A SPECIAL account TO BE
known as the ["Worcester County court library."] "COURT AND BAR
LIBRARY ACCOUNT". The [fund] ACCOUNT shall be [used] for the
general [purposes] USE of the court library [of the county, and
together with other funds in the fund, shall be disbursed upon
the approval of the senior resident judge of Worcester County]
AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE COURT'S FACILITIES
AND EQUIPMENT, AND TOGETHER WITH OTHER FUNDS IN THE ACCOUNT,
SHALL BE DISBURSED UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE
JUDGE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved April 11, 1989.

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