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obtained, or in the city of Baltimore, except from
the date of the entry of the copy of the docket
entries by the clerk of the court to which the said
writ shall be returnable.

In force from June 1,1865. See 1865, c. 5, under Art. X., Attachments, Public

General Laws.

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1865, c. 157 amends section 9, as amended by 1862, c. 255, as follows i
(See Const. 1867, Art. III, s. 45.)

9. Every clerk, except the clerk of the court of appeals, the emoluments of whose office shall exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dol- lars in any one year, after deducting therefrom the necessary expenses incident to his office for the same period, shall pay the excess to the treasurer, and the clerk of the court of appeals shall pay the excess over the sum of three thousand dollars after making the deductions aforesaid, and every such clerk, the emoluments of whose office shall not amount to the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars in any one year as aforesaid, may present a statement to the county commissioners of his county, or to the mayor and city council of Baltimore, as the case may be, under oath, showing the net proceeds of his office,	1866, c. 157. What part of emoluments to be paid into treasury.
together with a statement of the cost of the necessary record books, stationery and fuel used in his office up to the first Monday in June in each year, and the said county commissioners or the mayor and city council of Baltimore are hereby authorized and empowered to pay or levy for the use of said clerk the amount of said books, stationery and fuel	Statement of proceeds, &c.
as aforesaid; provided, that the amount so paid or levied, shall not, when added to the said net proceeds of his office, exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. In force from June 1, 1865.	Proviso.