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CLERKS OF COURTS. [ART. 57.

Md 75, 33 Md.
535, 36 Md 309,
38 Md 463, 39
Md 261
To file papers
and record
judgments, etc.

the court of which he is clerk; he shall give a copy of any paper or
' record in his office to any person applying for the same, upon being
paid the usual fees for transcribing such paper or record, and shall
annex thereto his certificate, under the seal of his court if required;

To issue process

To give certified
copies.

To make entries
of all proceed-
ings

Id s 2
1748, c 7, s 3
To attend office
daily

he shall make proper entries of all the proceedings in the court of
which he is clerk, and all entries and records shall be made in a fair,
legible band, in well bound books procured by him for that purpose;
and shall perform all the duties required of him, or which may here-
after be required of him, by law.
2. Every clerk shall attend at his office for the transaction of the
business thereof, every day except Sundays, either in person or by
deputy, unless prevented by sickness, accident, or necessity.

RECORDS.

Id s 16.
1817, c 119, s 9,
184S, c. 254, s. 1,
1849, c 60S.
To keep record
of all suits
ended by trial,
judgment, etc
19 Md 564, 576,
33 Md 9. 8 G &
J 381, 13 How-
ard, 331, 24
Howard, 341

What record to
contain.

3. The clerk of every court of law or equity, except the Court of
Appeals, shall provide one or more well-bound books, and immedi-
ately after each term of his court, enter and transcribe therein, the
docket entries of each civil suit and action, legal and equitable,
which shall have been ended during the said term by trial, judg-
ment, decree, agreement, non pros or abatement; and such transript
shall contain the style or names of the parties, the nature of the
case, the docket entries, and if superseded, the name or names of
the superseders, and other memoranda as they appear upon the
docket, and the judgment, decree, order, or agreement by which the
several actions or suits were terminated; and the bills of costs re-
coverable by the party in whose favor they shall have been awarded,
shall be likewise transcribed and entered, and the said books shall
be truly and regularly paged and alphabetically indexed, with the
names of plaintiffs and defendants, and the whole completed before
the ensuing term of the court.

Id s 17
1846, c. 254, ss 1, 2
To keep record
of executions

4. The said clerk shall also transcribe and enter the docket entries
of every execution which shall be entered satisfied or otherwise
finally settled, and also the docket entries of every execution or
other final process under which any personal property shall have
been seized or taken, together with a copy of the schedule or sched-
ules accompanying such execution, and the sheriff's return thereon,
regularly paged and indexed as directed in the preceding section,
and for the services required in this and the preceding section, the

Fees.

clerk shall be entitled to twenty-five cents for each suit, or action, to
be taxed in the bill of costs against the plaintiff, or in the additional
costs of said execution, and indorsed thereon.

Id s 18
1845, c 254, s. 3.
Penalty for
neglect.

5. If any clerk shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provi-
sions of the two preceding sections, he shall forfeit the sum of two
hundred dollars, for the use of the State.

Id s. 19
1817, c 119, s 8.
What judg-
ments or
decrees to be
recorded.

6. No clerk shall record any judgment or decree except those re-
lating to the title of lands, or those under which lands have been
sold in virtue of an execution thereon.