574 COSTS AND FEES. [ART. 63.

For noting a bill for non-acceptance, if not protested for non-
acceptance or non-payment,......	$1 00
For noting a marine protest,.......	1 00
For affixing notaries' seal,.......	50
For every search where no copy is made,....	25
For administering an oath or taking an acknowledgment,	12*
For all other acts and service, in proportion to the aforesaid
fees, to be paid at the time of doing the same.
For going any distance more than three miles from his resi-
dence, per mile,.........	20
For every notice of protest mailed or delivered,.	5
For presentation and demand for payment of a promissory
note, or bill of exchange, if payment of same be made to
the notary,..........	1 00

1862, c 100. Payments to treasurer.	33. Every notary public shall, in the first week of January, April, July, and October in each year, pay to the treasurer of the State the one-half of all fees received by him for protests, and on failure to comply with the requirements of this section, he shall forfeit, in
Penalty.	each case, the sum of fifty dollars, to be collected and paid for the use of the State.
1862, c. 113. Bond.	34. Every notary public, before he shall be commissioned or authorized to discharge the duties of his office, shall give bond to the State of Maryland, with security to be approved by the gov- ernor, in the penalty of six thousand dollars, if appointed for the city of Baltimore, and in the penalty of two thousand dollars, if appointed for any county, conditioned for the payment into the treasury of that portion of the notarial fees received by him, for the use of the State; and if any person appointed a notary public
Neglect to give bond.	shall neglect or refuse to give such bond within thirty days from the date of his appointment, the governor shall appoint some other person in his place.
Art 33, s 24 1844, c. 196, s 2. Statement under oath of Number of pro- tests and fees	35. Every notary public shall at the time of making the pay- ment herein required to be made into the treasury, accompany such payment by a statement, under oath, showing the number of pro- tests made by him and the fees received therefor.
1878, c 173 Not to apply to notaries of counties and city of Balti- more, where fees less than certain amounts	36. The three last preceding sections shall not apply to notaries in any of the counties unless the fees on protests in any one year shall exceed the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, nor to notaries in the city of Baltimore, unless the fees on protests in any one year shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars; and when- ever the fees as aforesaid shall exceed in any of the counties the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, or shall exceed in the city of Baltimore the sum of five hundred dollars, one-half of the surplus shall be paid to the treasurer of the State