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completing said business shall be entitled to said fees therefor and shall
collect the same from the parties owing the same in the like manner
that he collects other fees for similar services.

The work left unfinished by the predecessor must be completed before the
clerk in office can sue. State v. Carman, 27 Md. 715.

Cited but not construed in Peter v. Prettymau,, 62 Md. 572.

Attorneys.

1904, art. 36, sec. 10. 1888, art. 36, sec. 10. 1860, art. 38, sec. 9. 1715, ch. 48,
sec. 7. 1763, ch. 23, sec. 12. 1810, ch. 126.
1865, ch. 131. 1902, ch. 16.

10. Attorneys at law shall be entitled to demand and receive the

following fees, to wit:

For bringing, prosecuting or defending any suit or action at

law in any of the courts of this State of original jurisdiction. $5 00

For prosecuting or defending any cause, plaint or action, includ-
ing all proceedings to collect money due on mortgage, in any
of the courts of equity of this State.................... 10 00

For prosecuting or defending any cause in any of the orphans'

courts in this State.................................. 10 00

For prosecuting or defending any cause in the court of appeals. 10 00

For prosecuting or defending in any criminal cases in any of
the courts of this State having criminal jurisdiction, when
the punishment for the offense charged is death or confine-
ment in the penitentiary.............................. 10 00

In all other criminal cases.............................. 5 00

The levy of an appearance fee in a criminal case under this section is no
reason for failing to levy under article 26, section S. Worcester County v.
Melvin, 89 Md. 43.

An attorney for an assignee of a mortgage is not entitled to a fee for
selling the mortgage property under a power of sale, without application to
the court. Ruley v. Hyland, 77 Md. 488.

Cited but not construed in Goldsborough v. Lloyd, 86 Md. 375.

As to attorneys at law and attorneys in fact, see art. 10.

Bailiffs.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1888, art. 36, sec. 11. 1867, ch. 250. 1882, ch. 340.

11. Every bailiff attending the circuit courts in the counties in
this State shall be entitled to the sum of two dollars and fifty cents
for each day he shall attend the said courts, and upon the certificate
of the clerks of said courts stating the number of days, that the said
bailiffs have attended the said courts the county commissioners of
the several counties shall levy for the use of said bailiffs the amounts
that may be due them. The provisions of this section shall not apply
to Baltimore county.

Clerks of Courts.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1888, art. 36, sec. 12. 1860, art. 38, sec. 10. 1846, ch. 292.

1852, ch. 308, sec. 1. 1856, ch. 341, sec. 6.

1876, ch. 363. 1892, ch. 222.

12. The clerk of the court of appeals, the clerks of the circuit courts
and the clerks of the courts of the city of Baltimore may charge the