296 FEES OF OFFICERS. [ART. 38.

NOTARIES PUBLIC.

21. Notaries public shall be entitled to demand and receive
the following fees, to wit:

For protesting any note, draft, bill of exchange or check
for non-acceptance or non-payment, . . . . 2 00

For drawing all proceedings not exceeding two sides, . 50
For drawing all proceedings exceeding two sides, per

side, .......... 25

For registering or copying proceedings, for every side, . 10
For presenting a bill of exchange for acceptance, if ac-
cepted and not afterwards protested for non-payment, 1 00
For noting a bill for non-acceptance, if not protested for

non-acceptance or non-payment, . . . . . 1 00

For noting a marine protest, . . . , . . 1 00
For affixing notaries' seal, ...... 50

For every search where no copy is made, .... 25

For administering an oath or taking an acknowledgment, 12J
For all other acts and service, in proportion to the afore-
said fees, to be paid at the time of doing the same.
For going any distance more than three miles from his

place of residence, per mile, ..... 20

22. Every notary public shall semi-annually pay to the Trea-
surer of the State the one-half of all fees received by him for
protests, and on failure to comply with the requirements of this
section, he shall forfeit in each case the sum of twenty dollars,
to be collected and paid for the use of the State.

23. Every notary public, before he shall be commissioned or
authorized to discharge the duties of his office, shall give bond
to the State of Maryland with security to be approved by the
Governor in the penalty of two thousand dollars conditioned for
the payment into the treasury of that portion of the notarial
fees received by him for the use of the State, and if any person
appointed a notary public shall neglect or refuse to give such
bond within thirty days from the date of his appointment, the
Governor shall appoint some other person in his place.

24. Every notary public shall at the time of making the pay-
ment herein required to be made into the treasury, accompany
such payment by a statement, under oath, showing the number
of protests made by him and the fees received therefor.