ART. 81] TAX ON OFFICIAL COMMISSIONS. 1855

county, Queen Anne's county, Calvert county, Garrett county, Kent
county, Wicomico county and St. Mary's county, each twenty dollars;
each judge of the orphans' court of Baltimore city, fifty dollars; each
judge of the orphans' court in the several counties, ten dollars; each
justice of the peace and constable in the State, two dollars; the tobacco
inspectors, each fifty dollars; the weigher of live stock, fifty dollars;
the weighers of grain, hay and straw, each ten dollars; each notary
public in the city of Baltimore, the sum of twenty dollars; the clerk of
the circuit court and of the circuit court No. 2 of Baltimore city, the
clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk of the city court, and the
clerk of the criminal court of Baltimore, each two hundred dollars;
the register of wills of the city of Baltimore, two hundred dollars; the
register of wills of Baltimore county, one hundred and fifty dollars;
the register of wills of Frederick county, one hundred dollars; the reg-
ister of wills of Washington county, seventy-five dollars; the register of
wills of Allegany county, Carroll county, Harford county, Kent county,
Dorchester county, Anne Arundel county, Worcester county, Somerset
county, Cecil county and Prince George's county, each fifty dollars;
the register of wills of Howard county, Caroline county, Montgomery
county, Talbot county, Charles county, Queen Anne's county, Calvert
county, Garrett county, Wicomico county and St. Mary's county, each
thirty dollars.

1904, art. 81, sec. 144. 1888, art. 81, sec. 128, 1862, ch. 282.
1874, ch. 483, sec. 139.

147. The clerks of the several circuit courts and of the superior
court of Baltimore shall not administer the oath of office to any officer
until he pays the tax on his com mission prescribed in the preceding sec-
tion; and the said clerks shall quarterly, on the first Monday of March,
June, September and December, pay to the treasurer all sums of money
they shall have received for taxes on commissions.

This section is substantially the same as art. 17, sec. 71.

Ibid. sec. 145. 1888, art 81, sec. 129. 1862. ch. 282. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 140.

148. The clerk of the court of appeals and the clerk of the superior
court of Baltimore city shall pay to the treasurer two hundred dollars
each; and the clerks of the circuit courts of the several counties shall
shall each pay the sum of one hundred dollars when they respectively
take the oath of office.

Ibid. sec. 140. 1888, art. 81, sec. 130. 1862, ch. 282. 1874, ch. 483, sec. 141.

149. The secretary of the State shall furnish to the comptroller,
annually, a list of all officers who have been reported to him by the sev-
eral clerks as having qualified by taking the oath of office.