WICOMICO COUNTY. 5025

Clerk.

1927, ch. 329, sec. 54J. 1929, ch. 19, sec. 54J.

107. There shall be appointed by the said Judge for the term of two
years and each two years thereafter, a Clerk for said the People's Court;
said Clerk shall receive and* annual salary of Eighteen Hundred Dol-
lars, payable monthly by the County Commissioners of Wicomico County;
said Clerk shall attend said Judge of the People's Court and shall perform
such duties as shall be assigned to him by said Judge; he is hereby em-
powered to administer oaths in any manner before said Court, and, in the
name of the Judge of the People's Court and under the seal of said Court,
to issue all process of said Court; all costs, fines, and fees shall be paid
to said Clerk and he shall accurately account for same and monthly remit
the same to the County Commissioners of Wicomico County, and remit
such fines to such other authority as they may be payable under existing,
law; said Clerk, before entering upon his duties, shall give bond to the
State of Maryland in the penalty of $5,000.00, with corporate surety,
the premium to be paid by the County Commissioners of Wicomico Coun-
ty ; the condition of said bond shall be that said Clerk shall well and truly
account for and remit all monies coming into his hands each month to
the County Treasurer of Wicomico County, or to such other proper author-
ity as may be entitled thereto by existing law; said Clerk may be removed
from office by the Governor upon refusal to perform his duties or for mis-
conduct or neglect.

The State's Attorney for Wicomico County shall be paid by the County
Commissioners for said Wicomico County in addition to the salary now
received by said State's Attorney the additional sum of One Thousand
Dollars per annum, for his attendance before the People's Court; the
said sum to be paid in equal quarterly installments on January first, April
first, July first and October first.

Fees.

1929, ch. 19, sec. 54J-1.

108. The Judge of the People's Court and the Clerk of the People's
Court shall be entitled to charge and collect the costs and fees herein pro-
vided for the performance of their respective duties, and such costs and
fees shall be payable at the time of the institution of said proceedings to
the Clerk of the People's Court, said costs and fees to be as follows:
For actions Ex-contracts* and Ex-delicto (first costs) .............$1.50

For summoning each additional defendant..................... .50

For trial..... ............................................ 1.00

For swearing each witness................................. .20

For copy of judgment..................................... .25

For issuing writ of fi. fa................................... 1.00

*"An" evidently intended.

*"Ex-contractu" evidently intended.