1408 ARTICLE 36.

An. Code, sec. 15. 1904, sec. 15. 1888, sec. 15. 1822, ch. 143. 1843, ch. 129. 1805, ch. 67.

16. The county commissioners in the several counties and the mayor
and city council of Baltimore shall levy on the assessable property of their
respective counties or the said city the amount of fees that the constables
of the several counties or the said city are.entitled to receive for executing
criminal business; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall
exempt any criminal from paying the cost of his arrest if he shall be of
sufficient ability to do so.

See notes to art. 36, sec. 15, and to art. 20, sec. 4.

Coroners and Coroners' Inquests.

An. Code, sec. 16. 1904, sec. 16. 1888, sec. 16. 1779, ch. 25, sec. 5.

17. Every coroner shall be entitled to demand and receive the follow-
ing fees, to wit:

For viewing the body of any person or persons murdered or slain or
otherwise dead by misadventure, to be paid out of the goods and
chattels of the party so dead, if any there be, otherwise to be
levied by the county commissioners of the county where such ac-
cident shall happen ................................... $5 00

For arresting or summoning any sheriff sued or prosecuted in any

court and for taking security............................ 45

The same fees allowed wherein the sheriff is plaintiff or defendant
on all process as to the sheriff and no more.
As to " coroners," see art. 22.
See notes to sec. 12.

An. Code, sec. 17. 1904, sec. 17. 1888, sec. 17. 1816, ch. 142. 1894, ch. 309.

18. Each juror who may serve on a coroner's inquest shall be entitled
to one dollar; and the constable who may be directed by any coroner or
justice to summon such jury or the coroner, except in Baltimore city, if
the jury be summoned by him, shall be entitled to fifteen cents for each
juror summoned, to be paid as above directed.
See note to art. 36, sec. 15, and to art. 20, sec. 4.

Criers.

An. Code, sec. 18. 1904, sec. 18. 1888, sec. 18. 1779, ch. 25, sec. 5. 1817, ch. 111.
1856, ch. 282. 1872, ch. 421. 1888, ch. 265. 1910, ch. 139 (p. 133).

19. The criers of the several courts shall be entitled to demand and
receive the following fees, to wit:
For swearing every jury................................... $ 60

For swearing every bailiff.................................. 7

For every other oath in court.............................. 5

For clearing every prisoner by proclamation, if required......... 50

For calling every recognizance............................. 26

For attending circuit court at equity terms, per day............. 2 00

This section shall not apply to Talbot, Frederick and Anne Arundel
counties.

Cited but not construed in Prince George's County v. Mitchell, 97 Md. 338.
See art. 26, sec. 36, and notes to sec. 12 (this article).