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the State to draw a warrant upon the State treasurer for the
payment of said arrears out of the said excess, not to exceed the
whole amount so in arrear, and not to exceed the whole amount
of said excess paid into the treasury of the State.

CRIERS, BAILIFFS, WATCHMEN AND STENOGRAPHERS.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 134. 1888, ch. 194.

223. The clerks of the circuit court, circuit court number
two, the criminal court, the court of common pleas, the city
court and the superior court of Baltimore city, shall severally, at
the end of every month, certify to the mayor and register of the
city the amount due the several bailiffs and criers of their re-
spective courts, and the mayor and register shall pay them ac-
cordingly.

1864, ch. 118.

224. The register of the city of Baltimore shall pay to the
crier of the superior court of Baltimore city, the crier of the
Baltimore city court, and the crier of the court of common
pleas of Baltimore city, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per
annum, in monthly instalments of one hundred and twenty-five
dollars at the end of each and every month, as and for their
respective salaries, on the certificates of the said clerks of said
courts that said criers have performed their several duties as
criers of said courts for the time so certified by said clerks.

1870, ch. 94. 1888, ch. 194

225. The register of the city of Baltimore shall pay to the
bailiffs, respectively, of the superior court of Baltimore city, of
the court of common pleas of Baltimore city, of the Baltimore
city court, of the circuit court of Baltimore city, of the
circuit court number two of Baltimore city, and of the
criminal court of Baltimore city, the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars per annum, as and for their respective salaries, at the
same time and in the same manner as is provided in the preced-
ing section for the payment of the salaries of the crier of the
superior court, the crier of the Baltimore city court, and the
crier of the court of common pleas of Baltimore city.