WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 82

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.

(X) (1) IN CALVERT COUNTY, THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT     COURT

SHALL DEPOSIT MONTHLY ALL APPEARANCE FEES COLLECTED     UNDER

SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION INTO A SPECIAL ACCOUNT TO BE   KNOWN
AS THE CALVERT COUNTY LAW LIBRARY FUND.

(2) THE FUND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE ACQUISITION
OF BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, LIBRARY EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER
NECESSARY EXPENSES, AS DETERMINED BY 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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