from the papers, docket entries and minutes of the court, certified by such clerk under the seal of his office, shall be evidence. Gittings' Lessee v. Hall, 1 H. & J. 14. Carroll's Lessee v. Norwood, 1 H. & J. 167. Cheney's Lessee v. Watkins, 1 H. & J. 527. Dorsey v. Gassaway, 2 H. & J. 402. Connelly v. Bowie, 6 H. & J. 141. Hurn v. Soper, 6 H. & J. 276. Handy v. State, 7 H. & J. 50. Coale v. Harrington, 7 H. & J. 147. Miles v. Knott, 12 G. & J. 442. Budd v. Brooke, 3 Gill, 198. Cole v. O'Neill, 3 Md. Ch. Dec. 174. Burgess v. Lloyd, 7 Md. 178. Candler v. Fisher, 11 Md. 338. Berry v. Matthews, 13 Md. 537. McAllister v. Eichengreen, 34 Md. 54. Jones v. -Jones, 45 Md. 144. 1874, ch. 377. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 38, sec. 1. 1870, ch. 441. 1. All accounts for officers' fees shall be made out in a fair and clear manner, and in words at length; and whenever any person interested in them, or to whom the same shall be charged, shall require a copy of such account, the several officers herein named shall, in as short a time as may be convenient, give him an account of such charges in words at length. Jamison v. State, 55 Md. 103. Peter . Prettyman, 62 Md. 572. 1870, ch. 441. 1874, ch. 377. 1876, ch. 216. 2. No account for officers' fees by any of the several officers herein named, rendered for services to or in behalf of the counties of this State in this section named, shall be allowed by the county commissioners thereof until said account has been submitted to and approved by the judges of the circuit court for said county, or a majority thereof, as in accordance with the provisions of this article. This section shall apply only to the counties of Caroline, Kent, Talbot, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Charles, Harford and Dorchester. Execution for Fees. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 38, sec. 2. 1779, ch 25, sec. 11. 1822, ch. 219, sec. 2. 1861, ch. 55. 3. No officer, under the penalty of five hundred dollars, shall send out his fees on execution more than once in every year, between the first day of January and the first day of May; but in Baltimore city any officer may send out his fees on execution at any time during the year. Logan v. State, 39 Md. 177. Ibid. sec. 3. 1852, ch. 308, sec. 3. 4. If any officer shall, by himself, his deputies, agents or clerks, charge, receive, ask or demand any larger or greater fees than are allowed by this article, he shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and not less than twenty dollars, to be recovered by indictment in the circuit court for the county where such officer resides; or if the offence be committed in the city of Baltimore, by indictment in the criminal court of Baltimore, one-half to the informer, the other half to the State. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 38, sec. 4. 1852, ch. 308, sec. 4. 5. If any officer shall, by himself, or his deputies, agents or clerks, ask, receive or demand any fees herein allowed, after the same have been paid, he shall, for each offence, forfeit and pay ten dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace as small debts, one-half to the use of the informer, and the other half for the State; and shall, in addition, return to the party the fees so improperly received. Ibid. sec. 5. 1779, ch. 25. 6. For any service not mentioned in this article, which any officer may render, he shall be allowed the same fees herein allowed for similar services. Ibid. sec. 6. 1822, ch. 219, sec. 3. 7. Any officer entitled to any fees for rendering services to any person who is not a resident of this State, or not assessed on taxable property therein, may require such fees to be paid at the time of rendering such service, or security for the payment of the same to be given. Ibid. sec. 7. 1844, ch. 311, secs. 1, 3. 8. Each clerk and register of wills shall have six months from the time he retires from office to complete the unfinished business of his office, and shall have during that period, a right, on receipting therefor to his successor, to all needful papers, in order to enable him to complete and finish his business. Ibid. sec. 8. 1844, ch. 311, sec. 2. 1878, ch. 229. 9. Each clerk and register of wills, on coming into office, shall complete all the unfinished business which shall be in his office unfinished by his predecessor, within the six months given in the preceding section; and such clerk or register shall be allowed the usual fees for so doing; the same to be paid by said predecessor;. and the last official bond of said predecessor shall be responsible for the same in cases where said predecessor has received the fees therefor; and in cases where the fees have not been received by his said predecessor, such clerk or register completing said business shall be entitled to said fees therefor, and shall collect the same from the parties owing the same in the like manner that he collects other fees for similar services. State v. Carman, 27 Md. 714. Peter v. Prettyman, 62 Md. 573. Attorneys. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 38, sec. 9. 1810, ch. 1715, ch. 48, sec. 7. 1763, ch. 23, sec. 12. 126. 1865, ch. 131. 10. Attorneys at law shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees, to wit: For bringing, prosecuting or defending any suit or action at law in any of the courts of this State of original jurisdiction... 5 00 For prosecuting or defending any cause, plaint or action 10 00 10.00 For prosecuting or defending any cause in the court of appeals.. 10.00 For prosecuting or defending in any criminal cases in any Bailiffs 1867, ch. 250. 1882, ch. 340. 10.00 3 33 11. Every bailiff attending the circuit courts in the counties. in this State shall be entitled to the sum of two dollars and fifty cents for each day he shall attend the said courts; and upon the certificate of the clerks of said courts stating the number of days. that the said bailiffs have attended the said courts, the county For a transcript thereof, with the items thereof at large when demanded, to be charged to the person requiring the same... commissioners of the several counties shall levy for the use of the said bailiffs the amounts that may be due them. The provisions of this section shall not apply to Baltimore county. Clerks of Courts. P. G. L., (1860,) art. 38, sec. 10. 1846, ch. 292. 1852, ch. 308, sec. 1. 1856, ch. 341, sec. 6. 1876, ch. 363. 12. The clerk of the court of appeals, the clerks of the circuit courts, and the clerks of the courts of the city of Baltimore, may charge the fees herein allowed for the performance of their respective duties, to wit: For filing any paper or thing required to be filed, and entering the same on the docket or minutes of the court, to be charged but once For docket entry of any judgment or decree... For entering the naturalization of an alien with certificate For taxing the costs in any suit or proceeding, to be charged 5 25 3 00 50 15 10 For every search for matter above a year's standing, how- 15 10 For issuing writs or process of any kind under seal, for every ten words and so pro rata... For issuing summons for witnesses, including the names of all witnesses applied for at the time... 15 For issuing summons for witnesses duces tecum.. 20 15 25 5 25 |