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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. Prettyman, 62 Md. 572.

Attorneys.

An. Code, sec. 10. 1904, sec. 10. 1888, sec. 10. 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 fol-
lowing 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 pun-
ishment for the offense charged is death or confinement 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 art. 26, sec. 8. Worcester County v. Melvin, 89 Md. 43.

An attorney for an assignee of a mortgage is not entitled to a fee for selling
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.

An. Code, sec. 11. 1904, sec. 11. 1888, 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 at-
tended 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.

An. Code, sec. 12, 1904, sec. 12. 1888, sec. 12. 1846, ch. 292. 1852, ch. 308, sec. 1.
1856, ch. 341, sec. 6. 1876, ch. 363. 1892, ch. 222. 1920, ch. 443.

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