CLERKS OF COUNTIES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CLERKS OF THE 
COURT OF APPEALS

—Penalty on neglect or refusal of the clerks to provide
such book and make the entries,
—A conviction thereof to be taken as misbehaviour
in office, for which they may be removed,
—Fees allowed for such entries,
    Duty of the county clerks prescribed as to the conveyance
and return of process, and penalty for neglect
or delay,
—Their duties and fees respecting German and Swiss
emigrants,
    Clerks in the counties therein mentioned to inquire
whether the permit to retail liquor is for the use of the
applicant, and to examine him on oath, &c. if otherwise,
to refuse the permit,

    The judges of the court of appeals for the western
and eastern shores respectively, to appoint the clerks
of the said court,
—To hold their appointments during good behaviour,
removable only for misbehaviour on conviction in
a court of law,
—In case of death, resignation, disqualification, or
removal out of the state, or from the respective shores,
in the vacation of the court, the governor and council
to appoint a person to such office, to hold the same till
the meeting of the court,
—No appointment of the clerks of the court of appeals
shall be made till all the judges shall be present, or shall
by writing declare his or their preference in favour of
any particular candidate,

    All laws to be recorded in the office of the court
of appeals on the western shore,

    Oath of the judges to be recorded,
    Clerks of the former court of appeals and general
court directed to transmit records of causes depending
to the clerks of the court of appeals then established,
    The clerks of the court of appeals to have the same
fees as the clerks of the county courts were entitled to,
for the same or similar services at law,
    All the books, records and proceedings, of the late
general court, to be lodged in the offices of the clerks
of the court of appeals,
—Copies of such records, &c. to be of the same force
as those by either of the clerks of the late general court,
    Extracts of deeds that were by law transmitted to the
late general court, to be transmitted to the clerks of the
court of appeals, and recorded,
—Fees allowed thereon,
—Copies to be valid, &c. as those from the general
court,
    Temporary provisions until the clerks of the court
of appeals should be appointed, and qualify, &c.
    Directions as to writs of scire facias on former judgments,
—Concerning the papers of the late general court,
and the temporary duty of the late clerks, until a new
appointment,
    Provision for payment of fees due to the late clerks of
the court of appeals,
    Fees to be sent out in dollars and cents, and not otherwise,
    Directions concerning writs of scire facias, and attachments
with clause of scire facias, on judgments
in the late general court,
    The clerks of the court of appeals directed and authorised
to record all deeds or extracts required to be
recorded, as the clerks of the late general court might

 1817       119    9

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  1804        55 
Confirmed by
  1805        16
 

  1805        6
 
 

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  1805        65  14

  1804        55    5
Confirmed by
  1805        16

  1805        65    3
 

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  1806        41    4
  1805        65   29
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  1806        41    5

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