shall be made within six months; records of first execu-
tion is only to be made where land is sold under two or
more executions; failure to keep such records and dockets
is made a misdemeanor, with a fine of $200, but the
penalty does not apply to Anne Arundel, Howard and
Worcester counties ; the copy of the record, not required
to be recorded, is to be made from papers, minutes and
docket entries; such copy is available as transcripts of
recorded judgments or decrees; he shall, if requested,
enter during vacation an appeal; he may enter appeal,
error, certiorari, injunction, trustee and receiver's bonds;
lie may enter supersedeas; he shall take no supersedeas
unless the sureties are worth the judgment above debts ;
lie has concurrent power with judge to pass orders nisi
for ratification of Auditor's accounts and sales, but not
final orders; he may issue commissions to take testimony ;
lie may pass orders of publication; he must make out
fees in a clear hand; he shall deliver to parties, upon
demand, full statement of costs under penalty of $30;
lie shall endorse name of equitable plaintiff on all writs
and bonds in name of State ; he may administer oaths ;
he shall receive and file without fee, dockets of justices;
he shall give transcripts thereof for usual fees; he shall
re-deliver dockets to justices upon their reappointment.
The register and papers of notary public shall be lodged
with clerks, and clerks of courts may sue for possession
of same. (Article XVII, sections 1-39.) Bond of clerks,
$14,000; this shall be recorded; shall be renewed bienni-
ally at the fall term; penalty for default, $1,000. A
certified copy of bond is to be sent to the Comptroller ;
clerks of courts shall pay $100 to the State Treasurer
when they take the oath of office; he shall call civil
appearance docket and make usual entries in absence of
judges; he may enter up judgments by consent in absence
of judges ; he shall record all conveyances upon payment
of fees; he shall make a complete index of all convey-
ances recorded; he shall keep up such indexes ; he shall
make, after recording, entry of substance of all deeds on
good royal writing-paper, and he shall send the same to
the Land Commissioner. Clerks of courts shall endorse
time of receipt of instruments to be recorded; shall
apply annually, before May 10, to Comptroller for licenses;
penalty, $1,000; he shall issue licenses, by first Monday
in June and December; he shall return to Comptroller
sworn statement of licenses issued and money received