222 CLERKS OF COURTS. [ART. 17.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 18, sec. 34. 1794, ch. 54, sec. 10.

35 In all suits brought on bonds given to the State, the clerk,
before he issues the writ, shall endorse thereon the name of the
party at whose instance and for whose use such suit is instituted.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1838, ch. 275. 1839, ch. 25. 1870, ch. 295.

36. The clerks of the several courts of this State, and their

deputies, are hereby empowered to administer oaths upon all
legal papers for file in their respective offices upon which affi-
davits are required by law.

Ibid. sec. 36. 1790, ch. 51, sec. 14.

37. No clerk shall deliver the laws and public documents sent
to him by the librarian, to any other person than to him who is

entitled to receive the same, or to his order in writing, under the
penalty of fifteen dollars.

Ibid. sec. 37. 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1. 1827, ch. 17. 1833, ch. 189.

38. The clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties,
and the clerk of the Baltimore city court, shall receive and file,
without fee or reward, the dockets and papers of justices of the
peace delivered to them, and shall give transcripts thereof for
the usual fees, and shall re-deliver the same to the justice upon
his re-appointment.

Ibid. sec. 38. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 6.

39. In case of the death, resignation, disqualification or
removal from office of a notary publlc, his register and other
public papers shall, within sixty days thereafter, be lodged in the

office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county, or superior
court of Baltimore city, who may bring and maintain actions of
trover and detinue for the same; and such registers or public
papers shall not in any case be liable to be seized or taken in

execution for debt, or for any demand whatsoever.

Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
P. G. L., (1860,) art. 18, sec. 39. 1805, ch. 65, sec. 18.

40. The clerk of the court of appeals shall have the custody
of all the records and papers in the office of the late court of