FEES OF OFFICEES. 1407

of award of soldier's lots, seventy-five cents; for making all copies, per
hundred words, twenty-five cents; for every seal, fifty .cents.

This section was not repealed pro tano by act, 1890, ch. 513, sec. 2, the latter
being unconstitutional and void. Scharf v. Tasker, 73 Md. 383.
Cited but not construed in Gibson's Case, 1 Bl. 145; Mayer v. Tyson, 1 Bl. 562.
As to the " land office," see art. 54.
See notes to sec. 12.

Constables.

An. Code, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 14. 1820, ch. 164, sec. 1. 1821, ch. 162.

1831, ch. 169. 1834, ch. 192, sec. 4. 1839, ch. 35, sec. 5. 1860, ch. 378. 1865, ch. 67.

1867, ch. 375. 1868, ch. 317. 1870, ch. 196. 1872, ch. 424. 1876, ch. 315.

15. The several constables in this State shall be entitled to demand
and receive the following fees, to wit:

For serving State warrant and return........................ $ 75

For serving search warrant................................. 75

For serving summons in civil suit and return................. 45

For serving summons for witness and return, each witness....... 20

For serving scire facias and return.......................... 40

For levying fieri facias and return......................... 20

For delivering a person committed over to the jailor, seventy-five
cents, and five cents per mile for every mile he may have to travel
and the actual necessary traveling expenses of each prisoner.
For summoning jury on inquest, each juror................... 15

For levying attachments for contempt........................ 75

For serving writ of replevin and return....................... 45

For serving warrant for distraint............................ 25

For summoning and swearing appraisers on distress for rent, and

in replevin, each appraiser............................... 25

For serving an attachment in the hands of each garnishee........ 50

For killing dog found killing sheep, to be paid by the owner of the
dog, in Caroline, Cecil, Howard, Dorchester, Wicomico and
Worcester ........................................... 4 00

In other counties ................................ 1 00

. For poundage fees on any distraint, replevin, attachment or fieri
facias, eight per cent, on the first twenty-five dollars and three
per cent, on the residue; but if the defendant shall supersede the
judgment on which the execution or attachment shall have issued
within four days after the same shall have been levied or served,
the constable shall only be entitled to receive one-half of said
poundage fees.

For arresting any person charged with a misdemeanor for entering
any enclosure and destroying property therein in the limits of
the city of Baltimore or within four miles thereof............ 1 00

Constables appointed by mayor and city council of Baltimore held entitled to
compensation in accordance with this section and secs. 16 and 18, since act 1912,
ch. 823, providing; a " People's Court" for Baltimore city was void in so far as it
attempted to substitute salaries for constables in place of fees. Levin v. Hewes
118 Md. 648.

As to "constables," see art. 20; and see notes to art. 20, sec. 4, and to sec. 12
(this article).