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the time of rendering such service, or security for the payment
of the same.

7. 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.

8. Bach clerk and register 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 his predecessor or his
representatives in cases where his predecessor has received the
fees, and in cases where the fees have not been received by his
predecessor, such clerk or register shall collect the same from
the parties in the same manner that he collects other fees for
similar services.

ATTORNEYS.

9. 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 juris-
diction, ......... $ 3 33

For prosecuting or defending any cause, plaint or action
in any of the courts of equity in this State, . . 10 00

For prosecuting or defending any cause in any of the Or-
phans' Courts in this State, ..... 6 66

For prosecuting or defending any cause in the Court of
Appeals, ......... 6 66

CLERKS OF COURTS.

10. 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 en-
tering the same on the docket or minutes of the court,
to be charged but once, ...... 5

For docket entry of any judgment or decree, , , 25

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