2216 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 926

gany County", sub-title "Witnesses", Section 566 of Article
6 of said Code, title "Caroline County", sub-title "Witnesses",
Section 577 of Article 10 of said "Code, title "Dorchester
County", sub-title "Witnesses", Sections 861, 864 and 865
of Article 11 of said Code, title "Frederick County", sub-title
"Witnesses", Section 528 of Article 12 of said Code, title
"Garrett County", sub-title "Witnesses", Sections 390 and
392 of Article 15 of said Code, title "Kent County", sub-title
"Witnesses'', Section 405 of Article 20 of said Code, title
"Somerset County", sub-title "Witnesses", Section 554 of
Article 21 of said Code, title "Talbot County", sub-title "Wit-
nesses", Section 866 of Article 22 of said Code, title "Wash-
ington County", sub-title "Witnesses", Section 343 of Article
24 of said Code, title "Wicomico County", sub-title "Wit-
nesses", and Section 504 of Article 4 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland and the Baltimore City Charter
(1938 Edition), title "Baltimore City", sub-title "Wit-
nesses."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 16 of Article 35 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Evidence", sub-title "Attend-
ance and Pay of Witnesses", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

16. There shall be allowed to each witness attending the
circuit courts for the counties or orphans' courts of this State
the sum of one dollar for each day such witness shall attend
for the discharge of his duty, besides itinerant charges to be
allowed to witnesses coming from other counties; provided,
that every such witness shall obtain from the clerk of the
court wherein he attended, or from the register of wills, if
such attendance was before an orphans' court, a certificate or
order showing the amount due him for such attendance, and
by whom the same is payable, within thirty days after such
attendance shall have been rendered; and the failure to apply
for such certificate or order within said time shall be a waiver
by the witness of all claim to compensation for such attend-
ance.

Provided, however, that in Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot and
Worcester Counties, witnesses shall be allowed 75 cents per
day, and in Baltimore City, witnesses shall be allowed 50
cents per day.

In Allegany County, each witness shall be allowed 8 cents
per mile for each mile over 5 such witness resides distant
from the court, but such amount shall be allowed only once
in one term of court.