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blank licenses obtained from the Comptroller; shall furnish to
the Grand Jury, list of licenses issued. (Article 17, sections 44 to
62 of the Code. ) He shall enter prayers for appeal; shall pre-
pare transcript of record for Court of Appeals, in appeals from
Courts of Law, in appeals from Courts of Equity, to transmit
record to Court of Appeals. In answer to writ of diminution,
he is to send enough to correct record. He may approve appeal
bonds; article 5, sections I to 52 of the Code. He must issue
attachments. Article 9, section 8 of the*Code. He may approve
bond given by claimant of property attached. Article 9, sec-
tions 35 to 46 of the Code. He must record recognizance in
bastardy cases. Article 12, section 6 of the Code. He must
receive and file all papers relating to Courts of Equity, keep
dockets, issue process or order of publication in equity.
Article 16, sections 118 to 122 of the Code. The successor of
clerk dying is to record deeds within one month after qualification;
he must endorse thereon the date of death of predecessor, and of
his own qualification. Article 21, section 18 of the Code. He
must leave blank space at foot of Record of mortgage for release.
Article 21, sec. 35 of the Code. He must retain original mortgage
when released by release endorsed thereon. Article 21, section 48,
of the Code. He shall keep full account of costs of removed cases,
and return same to county commissioners, annually, in June; penal-
ty, $50; A_rticle24, sections 2 to 5, of the Code. He may adjourn
court in absence of judge. Article 26, section 5, of the Code. He
must issue certificates to registers of voters, deliver books to regis-
ters, poll books to be lodged with them; he must produce ballots in
cases of contested elections; six months allowed to complete
unfinished work in retiring from office. Articles 33, 35
and 36, of the Code. He is to issue licenses to fish in
the Potomac for shad and herring, and to account for same.
Article 36, section 8, of the Code. He may receive answers in
insolvency cases, and must keep the record. Article 47, sections
18, 19, 26, of the Code. He must take supersedeas of judgment
or decrees in Baltimore city. Article 52, section 52, of the
Code. He must issue marriage licenses. Article 62, section 10,
of the Code. He must keep a mechanics' lien docket. Article
163, section 18. of the Code. He must keep boats' lien docket.
Ibid. He must take oath of office before the judge; issue
licenses for tonging oysters, exhibit docket, records and fee books
on suits on his bond; issue writs to other counties; send daily
to the mail; transmit by mail a certificate showing the receipt
and delivery of process; he may forward process by messenger;
must not administer official oath until tax on commission is paid;
shall transmit annually to County Commissioners and Appeal Tax
Court list of alienations of property and judgments; shall
account quarterly with the Treasurer; shall have power to enter