562 ARTICLE 17.

An. Code, sec. 34. 1904, sec. 33. 1888, sec. 31. 1852, ch. 173, sec. 4.

38. They may pass and issue orders of publication to notify non-resi-
dent defendants.

An. Code, sec. 35. 1904, sec. 34. 1888, sec. 32. 1742, ch. 10, sec. 2. 1800, ch. 82, sec. 3.

39. No clerk shall receive any fees or compensation for services
rendered as clerk, until he has given bond, executed and approved as herein
provided.

See secs. 11, 17 and 52, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 36. 1904, sec. 35. 1888, sec. 33. 1731, ch. 15, sec. 2.

40. Every clerk shall make out accounts of his fees in a fair, legible
hand, and in words at length.

Object and intent of this section discussed. Jamison v. State, 55 Md. 103.
As to fees chargeable by clerks of courts, see art. 36, sec. 12.

An. Code, sec. 37. 1904, sec. 36. 1888, sec. 34. 1731, ch. 15, sec. 3.

41. He shall deliver to either plaintiff or defendant (if required) full
copies, in a fair, legible hand, of all the costs of suit recovered by or against
the party requiring the same; and on failure to do so he shall forfeit and
pay thirty dollars.

As to costs, see art. 24.

An. Code, sec. 38. 1904, sec. 37. 1888, sec. 35. 1794, ch. 54, sec. 10.

42. In all suits brought on bonds given to the State, the clerk, before
he issues the writ, shall endorse thereon the name of the party at whose
instance and for whose use such suit is instituted.

An. Code, sec. 39. 1904, sec. 38. 1888, sec. 36. 1838, ch. 275. 1839, ch. 25. 1870, ch. 295.

43. The clerks of the several courts of this State, and their deputies,
are hereby empowered to administer oaths upon all legal papers for file
in their respective offices upon which affidavits are required by law.
As to fees for administering oaths, see art. 36, sec. 12.

An. Code, sec. 40. 1904, sec. 39. 1888, sec. 37. 1790, ch. 51, sec. 14.

44. No clerk shall deliver the laws and public documents sent to him
by the librarian to any other person than to him who is entitled to receive
the same, or to his order in writing, under the penalty of fifteen dollars.

An. Code, sec. 41. 1904, sec. 40. 1888, sec. 38. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1. 1827, ch. 17.

1833, ch. 189.

45. The clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties, and the
clerk of the Baltimore city court shall receive and file, without fee or re-
ward, the dockets and papers of justices of the peace delivered to them,
and shall give transcripts thereof for the usual fees, and shall re-deliver
the same to the justice upon his re-appointment.
See art. 52, sec. 20, et seq.