1064 ARTICLE 4.

CLERKS OF THE LAW COURTS OF BALTIMORE CITY.

1867, ch. 401. P. L. L. (1888). Art. 4, sec. 213.

357. The Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City shall give
bond to the State of Maryland in the sum of thirty thousand dollars; the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the sum of fifty thousand dollars,
and the Clerk of the Baltimore City Court in the sum of twenty thousand
dollars, each of said bonds conditioned for the faithful performance of all
the duties now required of each of said clerks by law, with sufficient
securities; the sufficiency of which securities shall be certified to by the
Judge of each of said courts, and approved by the Comptroller of the
State as herein directed.

Vansant v. State, 96 Md. 110. Amer. Bonding Co. v. Mechanics Bank, 97 Md. 604.

Bond of Clerk of Court is liable for salaries of his deputies. State, use of
Smith, v. Turner, 101 Md. 584.

Powers of Clerks of Law Courts of Baltimore City. Sections 11 and 15 of Article-
IV of the Constitution of 1851 confer the powers of the Clerk of the Baltimore
County Court on the Clerks of the Court of Common Pleas and the Superior Court;
all doubts on this point are removed by Acts of 1886, ch. 154, and 1884, ch. 233.,
B. & O. R. R. Co. v. Smith, Daily Record, March 27, 1890.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 214.

358. When the sufficiency of the securities in each of said bonds is-
certified to by the judges of the several courts, the bonds shall be imme-
diately recorded among the proceedings of the court to which the said
clerk belongs, and then sent to the Comptroller for his approval; and if
the Comptroller shall approve said bonds and securities he shall certify
the same to the judges of said several courts, and such certificates shall
be recorded in such respective courts.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 215.

359. Each of said clerks shall every second year renew his said bond
in the same penalty, and with securities to be certified and approved as
hereinbefore directed.

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 216.

360. If any one of the clerks of said courts shall fail to give bond as
hereinbefore directed, within thirty days after he has received his com-
mission, or shall fa.il to give it new bond within thirty days after the
expiration of two years from the date of the bonds previously given, it
shall be regarded as a misdemeanor in office, and upon conviction threeof
he shall be removed.

Dowling v. Smith, 9 Md. 242.
See note to sec. 54, Art. XIV, page 210. Baltimore City Local Code (1879).

P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 217.

361. No deputy or assistant of a clerk shall become a surety on his.
official bond.