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the testimony necessary to make up said record, are furnished by either
of the parties to said cause, or their counsel, the said Clerk shall charge
for that part of the record but two cents per hundred words for compari-
son, instead of the above charge, and no more.

As to the record for appeal, see art. 5, secs. 12, et seq., and secs. 38 and 39; see also
art. 5, sec. 71.

See art. 5, secs. 48 and 53.

Commissioner of the Land Office.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 14. 1912, sec. 13, 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec. 13. 1779, ch. 25, sec. 2.
1878, ch. 364. 1920, ch. 336, sec. 13.

14. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall be entitled to demand
and receive the following fees, to wit: For a special warrant, $5.00; for
a special warrant of escheat, $5.00; for a special warrant of proclamation,
$5.00; for a special warrant of resurvey, $5.00; for making out patent
for any number of acres less than one hundred, $5.00; for making out
patent for every one hundred acres above one hundred, one dollar addi-
tional; for recording patent for every hundred words, twenty-five cents;
for every search, fifty cents; for examining every certificate of survey of
one hundred acres or under, $1.60; for examining every certificate of sur-
vey from one hundred to two hundred acres, $2.00; for examining every
certificate of survey of from two hundred to three hundred acres, $2.50;
for examining every certificate of survey for every one hundred acres over
three hundred acres, fifty cents; for examining every certificate or resur-
vey up to one hundred acres, $3.00; for examining every certificate of
resurvey of from one hundred to two hundred acres, $3.50; for examining
every certificate of resurvey of from two hundred to three hundred acres,
$4.00; for examining every certificate of resurvey of every one hundred
acres over three hundred, fifty cents; for examining every paper accom-
panying a certificate of survey or resurvey, twenty-five cents; for entering a
caveat, fifty cents; for filing every paper, ten cents; for every certificate
of award of soldier's lots, seventy-five cents; for making all copies, per
hundred words, twenty-five cents; for every seal, fifty cents.

This section was not repealed pro tanto by act, 1890, ch. 513, sec. 2, the latter being
unconstitutional and void. Scharf v. Tasker, 73 Md. 383.

Cited but not construed in Gibson's Case, 1 Bl. 145; Mayer v. Tyson, 1 Bl. 562.

As to the "land office," see art. 54.

See notes to sec. 12.

Constables.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 15. 1912, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 14. 1888, sec. 14. 1820, ch. 164, sec. 1.

1821, ch. 162. 1831, ch. 169. 1834, ch. 192, sec. 4. 1839, ch. 35, sec. 5. 1860, ch. 378.

1865, ch. 67. 1867, ch. 375. 1868, ch. 317. 1870, ch. 196. 1872, ch. 424. 1876, ch. 315.

15. The several constables in this State shall be entitled to demand
and receive the following fees, to wit:

For serving State warrant and return........................ $ 75

For serving search warrant................................ 75

For serving summons in civil suit and return.................. 45

For serving summons for witness and return, each witness........ 20

For serving scire facias and return.......................... 40

For levying fieri facias and return........................... 20

For delivering a person committed over to the jailor, seventy-five
cents, and five cents per mile for every mile he may have to travel
and the actual necessary traveling expenses of each prisoner.
For summoning jury on inquest, each juror................. 15