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ARTICLE 36.

FEES OF OFFICERS.

	Clerks of Court. 12 Pees of. Justices of the Peace. 20. Fees of.	Sheriff. 30. Fees of. 31. Poundage fees.

Clerks of Courts.

An. Code, 1924. sec. 12. 1012, sec. 12. 1904, sec. 12. 1888. sec. 12. 1846, ch. 292.

1S52. ch. 308, sec. 1. 1856, ch. 341, sec. 6. 1876, ch. 363. 1892, ch. 222.

1920. ch. 443. 1929, ch. 427.

12. The Clerk of the Court of Appeals, the Clerks of the Circuit Courts
and the Clerks of the Courts of the City of Baltimore may charge the fees
herein allowed for the performance of their respective duties, to wit: For
filing any paper, or thing, required to be fixed, ¹ and entering the same on
the docket or minutes of court to be charged but once, five cents; for
docket entry of any judgment or decree, twenty-five cents; for entering
the naturalization of an alien with certificate under seal, including all
oaths taken thereon, fifty cents; for entering the declaration of intention of
an alien to become a citizen with certificate under seal, and all oaths taken
thereon, fifty cents; for granting any license of any kind, fifty cents; for
taxing the costs in any suit or proceeding, to be charged but once, fifteen
cents; for a transcript thereof with the items thereof, at large when de-
manded, to be charged to any person requiring the same, ten cents; for
every search for matter above a year's standing, however remote the period
may be, if found, fifteen cents; for affixing the seal to every paper, or
thing when required, except writs and process, ten cents; for issuing writs
or process of any kind under seal for every ten words and so pro rata, one
and one-quarter cents; for issuing summons for witness, including the
names of all witnesses applied for at the time, fifteen cents; for issuing
summons for witness duces tecum, twenty cents; for short copy of judg-
ment not under seal, fifteen cents; for transcribing the docket entries in
each suit and of each executive as required by law, for each transcript,
twenty-five cents; for certificate of the attendance of a witness or juror,
five cents; for certificate under seal of the qualifications of any judge, or
one or more justices of the peace to any instrument of writing, including
all searches made for the purpose of said certificate, twenty-five cents; for
certificate under seal of an admission of any attorney, $1. 00; for recording
anything required by law to be recorded, and for copies of any papers for
each ten words or figures and pro rata, one and one-quarter cents; for

¹ "Filed" evidently intended.