998 FEES OF OFFICEBS. [ART. 36

For noting a marine protest............................. $1 00

For affixing notarial seal................................. 50

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

For administering an oath or taking an acknowledgment.... 12 1/2

For all other acts and service, in proportion to the aforesaid

fees, to be paid at the time of doing the same.
For going any distance more than three miles from his residence,

per mile............................................ 20

For every notice of protest, mailed or delivered............. 5

For presentation and demand of payment of a promissory note,

a bill of exchange, if payment of same be made to the notary. 1 00
As to "notaries public," see art. 68.

1904, art. 36, sec. 23. 1888, art. 36, sec. 23. 1860, art. 38, sec. 22. 1844, ch. 196,

sec. 1. 1862, ch. 100.

23. Every notary public shall in the first week of January, April,
July and October, in each year, pay to the treasurer of the State the
one-half of all the fees received by him for protest; and on failure to
comply with the requirements of this section, he shall forfeit in each
case the sum of fifty dollars, to be collected and paid for the use of
the State.

Ibid. sec. 24. 1888, art. 36, sec. 24. 1860, art. 38, sec. 23. 1845, ch. 133.

1862, ch. 113.

214. Every notary public, before he shall be commissioned or author-
ized to discharge the duties of his office, shall give bond to the State of
Maryland with security to be appointed by the governor in the penalty
of iiix thousand dollars, if appointed for the city of Baltimore, and in
the penalty of two thousand dollars if appointed for any county, condi-
tioned 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
wit him thirty days from the date of his appointment, the governor shall
appoint some other person in his place.
See art. 68, sec. 2.

Ibid. sec. 25. 1888, art. 36, sec. 25. 1860, art. 38, sec. 24.
1844, ch. 196, sec. 2.

215. Every notary public shall at the time of making the payment
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.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1888, art. 36, sec. 26. 1860, art. 38, sec. 25. 1858, ch. 133.
1861, ch. 67. 1864, ch. 137. 1878, ch. 173.

26. The three preceding sections shall not apply to notaries in any
of the counties, unless the fees on protests in any one year shall exceed
the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, nor to notaries in the city
of "Baltimore, unless the fees on protests in any one year shall exceed