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ART. 38.] FEES OF OFFICERS. 293
For bringing negro child before the Orphans' Court, to be
paid by the person to whom he is bound, . . . 2 00
Por levying a distress, .......
and the same poundage fees as on execution, ... 13
For serving an attachment in the hands of each garnishee, 40
13. The county commissioners in the several counties, and the
mayor and city council of Baltimore, shall levy on the assessable
property of their respective counties or the said city the amount
of fees that the constables of the several counties or the said
city are entitled to receive for executing criminal business; Pro-
vided, that nothing contained in this section shall exempt any
.criminal from paying the cost of his arrest if he shall be of suffi-
cient ability to do so.
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For arresting any person charged with a misdemeanor for
entering any enclosure and destroying property therein
in the limits of the city of Baltimore, or within four
miles thereof, . . . ... . . . . 1 00
CORONERS AND CORONERS' INQUESTS.
14. Every coroner shall be entitled to demand and receive the
following fees, to wit:
For reviewing the body of any person or persons mur-
dered or slain, or otherwise dead by misadventure, to be
paid out of the goods and chattels of the party so dead,
if any there be, otherwise to be levied by the county
commissioners of the county where such accident shall
happen, ... . . . . . . . . 5 00
For arresting or summoning any sheriff sued or prosecuted
in any court, and for taking security) .... 45
The same fees allowed wherein the sheriff is plaintiff or
defendant, on all process as to the sheriff, and no more.
15. Each juror who may serve on a coroner's inquest shall be
entitled to fifty cents, and the constable who may be directed by
any coroner or justice to summon such jury, or the coroner,
if the jury be summoned by him, shall be entitled to twelve
and a half cents for each juror summoned, to be paid as above
directed.
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