ART. 18.] CLERKS OF COURTS. 105

ARTICLE XVIII.
Clerks of Courts.

RELATING TO CLERKS GENERALLY.

SEC. 1. Every clerk shall have the custody of the books and
papers pertaining to his office, and shall carefully keep and pre-
serve the same; he shall file all papers delivered to him to be
filed, and shall record all judgments, decrees, deeds and writings
which by law are required to be recorded in the office of which
he is clerk; he shall issue all writs and process which by law
may be issued from the court of which he is clerk ; he shall give
a copy of any paper or record in his office to any person apply-
ing for the same, upon being paid the usual fees for tran-
scribing such paper or record, and shall annex thereto his certi-
ficate, under the seal of his court if required; he shall make
proper entries of all the proceedings in the court of which he is
clerk, and all entries and records shall be made in a fair, legible
hand, in well bound books procured by him for that purpose;
and shall perform all the duties required of him, or which may
hereafter be required of him, by law.

2. Every clerk shall attend at his office for the transaction
of the business thereof, every day except Sundays, either in
person or by deputy, unless prevented by sickness, accident or
necessity.

3. No clerk of any court of this State shall deliver to any
attorney, sheriff or other person, any blank writ whatsoever;
and any clerk so offending shall be subject to a penalty of one
hundred dollars.

4. Every clerk shall receive all books, documents, public let-
ters and packages sent to him pursuant to law, and shall care-
fully dispose of them as the law requires.

5. The clerk of any of the courts of this State, upon a writ
of execution being returned "nulla bona," may issue an execu-
tion directed to the sheriff of another county, which shall be
made returnable to the Circuit Court of the county to which it