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COSTS AND FEES. [ART. 63.

Id s 7.
1844, c. 111, ss.
1-3
Time allowed to
clerks and regis-
ters of wills for
completing un-
finished busi-
ness, after re-
tiring from
office.

time of rendering such service, or security for the payment of the
same.
18. Each clerk and register of wills shall have six months, from
the time he retires from office, to complete the unfinished business
of bis office, and shall have during that period a right on receipting
therefor to his successor, to all needful papers in order to enable
him to complete and finish his business.

1878, c 229
Incoming clerk,
etc, to complete
business of pre-
decessor unfin-
ished within six
months
27 Md 706.

19. Each clerk and register of wills on coming into office, shall
complete all the unfinished business which shall be in his office un-
finished by his predecessor, within the six months given in the pre-
ceding section; and such clerk or register shall be allowed the usual
fees for so doing, the same to be paid by said predecessor, and the
last official bond of said predecessor shall be responsible for same
in cases where said predecessor has received the fees therefor; and

Fees.

in cases where the fees have not been received by his said predeces-
sor, such clerk or register completing said business shall be entitled
to said fees therefor, and shall collect the same from the parties
owing the same in the like manner that he collects other fees for
similar services.

ATTORNEYS.

1865, c. 131
Attorney's fees.
27 Md. 670

20. Attorneys at law shall be entitled to demand and receive
the following fees, to wit: For bringing, prosecuting, or defending
any suit or action at law in any of the courts of this State of origi-
nal jurisdiction, five dollars; for prosecuting or defending any cause,
plaint, or action in any of the courts of equity in this State, ten
dollars; for prosecuting or defending any cause in any of the Or-
phans' Courts in this State, ten dollars; for prosecuting or defend-
ing any cause in the Court of Appeals, ten dollars; for prosecuting
or defending in any criminal cases in any of the courts of this State
having criminal jurisdiction where the punishment for the offence
charged is death or confinement in the penitentiary, ten dollars; in
all other criminal cases, three dollars and thirty-three cents.

CLERKS OF COURTS.

Art. 38, s. 10.
1846, c 292,
1852, c 308, s. 1,
1856, c 341, s 6
Fees of clerks
of court

21. 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 performances of their re-
spective duties, to wit:

For filing any paper or thing required to be filed, and enter-

ing the same on the docket or minutes of the court, to be

charged but once,........

$ 5

For docket entry of any judgment or decree,.

25

For entering the naturalization of an alien with certificate

under seal, including all oaths taken thereon,

3 00

For granting any license of any kind,.....

50

For taxing the costs in any suit or proceeding, to be charged

but once,..........

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