ART. 36.] FEES OF OFFICERS——CLERKS OF COURTS. 711

commissioners of the several counties shall levy for the use of the
said bailiffs the amounts that may be due them. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to Baltimore county.

Clerks of Courts.

P. G. L, (1860,) art 38, sec. 10 1846, ch. 292. 1852, ch. 308, sec. 1.
1856, ch. 341, sec. 6 1876, ch 363

12. 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 performance of their re-
spective duties, to wit:

For filing any paper or thing required to be filed, and en-
tering 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........................................ 15

For a transcript thereof, with the items thereof at large
when demanded, to be charged to the person requiring
the same......................................... 10

For every search for matter above a year's standing, how-
ever remote the period may be, if fonnd.. ........... 15

For affixing the seal to every paper or thing when re-
quired, except writs and process..................... 10

For issuing writs or process of any kind under seal, for

every ten words and so pro rata..................... 1 1/4

For issuing summons for witnesses, including the names

of all witnesses applied for at the time. ............. 15

For issuing summons for witnesses duces tecum.......... 20

For short copy of judgment not under seal.............. 15

For transcribing the docket entries in each suit and of each

execution as required by law, for each transcript....... 26

For certificate of the attendance of a witness or juror..... 5

For certificate under seal of the qualification of any judge
or one or more justices of the peace, to any instrument
of writing, including all searches made for the purpose
of said certificate.................................. 25