710 FEES OF OFFICERS—ATTORNEYS—BAILIFFS. [ART. 36.

unfinished by his predecessor, within the six months given in the
preceding 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 the same in cases where said predecessor lias received the fees
therefor; and in cases where the fees have not been received by
his said predecessor, such clerk or register completing said busi-
ness 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.

State v. Carman, 27 Md. 714. Peter v. Prettyman. 62 Md. 573.

Attorneys.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 38, sec. 9. 1716, ch. 48, sec. 7. 1768, ch. 23, sec. 12.
1810, ch. 126. 1865, ch. 131.

10. 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 original
jurisdiction..................................... 5 00

For prosecuting or defending any cause, plaint or action

in any of the courts of equity in this State........... 10 00

For prosecuting or defending any cause in any of the or-
phans' courts in this State ......................... 10 00

For prosecuting or defending any cause in the court of
appeals ......................................... 10 00

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.................. 10 00

In all other criminal cases............................ 3 33

Bailiffs

1867, ch. 250. 1882, ch. 840.

11. Every bailiff attending the circuit courts in the counties,
in this State shall be entitled to the sum of two dollars and fifty
cents for each day he shall attend the said courts; and upon, the
certificate of the clerks of said courts stating the number of days
that the said bailiffs have attended the said courts, the county