ART. 10] PRACTISING WITHOUT ADMISSION. 229

Practising Without Being Admitted to the Bar.

1904, art. 10, sec. 18. 1900, ch. 699, sec. 16 A.

18. Any person who shall exact, demand, take or receive from any
person whatsoever any fee, gratuity, gift or reward for his advice or
service as an attorney at law without having been admitted to the bar
agreeably to the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars, or confinement in jail for not more than
thirty days, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.

1908, ch. 595.

19. Any person who has not been duly admitted to the bar in this
State, or elsewhere, or who, after having been so admitted, shall have
been disbarred, who shall in any manner whatever represent himself
to be entitled to practice law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not more than
$200 or confinement in jail for not more than six months.

State's Attorney.

1904. art. 10, sec. 19. 1888. art. 10. sec. 17. 1860. art. 11. sec. 18. 1821, ch. 126.

1862, ch. 177.

20. The State's attorney for each county and the city of Baltimore
shall, in such county or city, prosecute and defend, on the part of the
State, all cases in which the State may be interested.

The duties of the state's attorney are such only as are prescribed by our
constitution and statutes. His duties do not extend to prosecuting before an
officer holding: an inquest or regulating the expenses thereof. Kilgour v.
Evening Star Co. 96 Md. 29.

While suits for the state must generally be brought by the state's attorney,
there are exceptions (see section 25). McCauley v. State, 21 Md. 569.

As to the appointment of assistant counsel to represent the state, see art.
26, sec. 7.

As to the duty of the state's attorney to institute proceedings of quo war-
ranto, see art. 69, sections 4 and 5.

As to the duty of the state's attorney with reference to property left in
trust for the purposes of education, see art. 25. sec. 126.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1888, art. 10, sec. 18. 1860, art. 11. sec. 19. 1795, ch. 74. sec. 2.

21. He shall, ex officio, on the application of the sheriff of his
county or city, order execution to be issued for the recovery of all fines,
penalties and forfeitures which shall be imposed by any court of record
of this State, together with the costs accruing thereon.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1888, art. 10. sec. 19. 1860, art. 11, sec. 20. 1831, ch. 208, sec. 3.
22. In cases where recognizances to prosecute have been entered
into, and before presentment or indictment found, the several courts
of this State having jurisdiction of crimes and offences, upon the motion
of the State's attorney, with the consent of the parties injured and
accused, may compromise any assault and battery, the party accused