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brought in said courts shall suffer by the negligence or omission of the
attorney, immediately adjudge such attorney to pay the lawful costs accru-
ing from such plaintiff or defendant through such, neglect or omission,
not exceeding ten dollars; but if the costs exceed that sum, then the plain-
tiff or .defendant shall be left to his remedy at common law; and every
attorney practising in the court of any county or city whereof he is not an
inhabitant may be sued in such county or city for any such omission or
neglect as if he resided therein.
Who May Not Practise Law.
An. Code, sec. 15. 1904, see. 15. 1888, sec. 14. 1715, ch. 41, sec. 9.
16. No sheriff or deputy sheriff, warden or keeper of a jail, or any of
his deputies; no warden or keeper of the penitentiary, or deputy warden
or keeper thereof, shall be admitted to practise as attorney in any of the
courts of this State; and if any of said officers shall practise law in any
court of this State, he shall forfeit fifty dollars for each offense.
An. Code, sec. 16. 1904, sec. 16. 1888, sec. 15. 1786, ch. 10. 1862, ch. 179. 1868, ch. 404.
1898, ch. 472. 1914, ch. 236.
17. Any Register of Wills or Clerk of any Court, or deputy Register
or Clerk or assistant Clerk, appointee or employee of said Register of
Wills or Clerk of any Court, or bailiff of any Court, or officer or employee
of any Juvenile Court, who shall pursue the practice as attorney at law
in this State during the term of their office or appointment, shall be deemed '
guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than
Twenty-five Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars, and be suspended
from the practice of law before any of the Courts of Maryland for one year.
An. Code, sec. 17. 1904, sec. 17. 1888, sec. 16. 1715, ch. 41, sec. 9. 1791, ch. 76, sec. 3.
1796, ch. 43, sec. 8.
18. No judge of any court of this State, including the judges of the
orphans' courts, shall act as attorney or solicitor in any court of law or
equity in this State, during the time for which he shall act as such.
Practising Without Being Admitted to the Bar.
An. Code, sec. 18. 1904, sec. 18. 1900, ch. 699, sec. 16A.
19. Any person who shall exact, demand, take or receive from any per-
son whatsoever any fee, gratuity, gift or reward for his advice or service
as an attorney at law without having been admitted to the bar agreeably
to the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall he liable to a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars, or confinement in jail for not more than thirty days, or both fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
An. Code, sec. 19. 1908, ch. 595.
20. Any person who has not been duly admitted to the bar in this State,
or elsewhere, or who, after having been so admitted, shall have been dis-
barred, who shall in any manner whatever represent himself to be entitled
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