358 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

1872, ch. 87. 1888, ch. 194.

226. The clerk of the circuit court of Baltimore city and
the clerk of the circuit court number two of Baltimore city are,
respectively, authorized and empowered to appoint a night watch-
man, whose duty shall be to strictly and vigilantly guard,
throughout the year, between the hours of six p. n. and seven
A. M., the records and papers deposited in their respective offices,
and who shall be removed in the discretion of the said clerks,
respectively, for neglect or carelessness in the discharge of his
duties, or for other good and sufficient cause.

Ibid.

227. The register of the city of Baltimore shall pay to the
said watchmen the sum of nine hundred dollars per annum, as
and for their respective salary, in the same manner as is provided
for the payment of the salaries of the bailiffs of the courts.

1878, ch. 479.

228. The clerk of the court of common pleas in Baltimore
city is authorized and empowered to appoint a night watchman,
whose duty it shall be to strictly and vigilantly guard, throughout
the year, the records and papers deposited in the office of the
clerk of the court of common pleas, and who shall be removed in
the discretion of the said clerk, for neglect or carelessness in the
discharge of his duties, or for other good and sufficient cause.

Ibid.

229. The register of the city of Baltimore shall pay to the said
watchman the sum of eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents
per month, as and for his salary, in the same manner as is pro-
vided for the payment of the salaries of the bailiffs of the courts.

1867, ch. 878.

230. In every action in which issue of fact is now or shall
hereafter be joined, in the superior court of Baltimore city, in the
court of common pleas, or the Baltimore city court, except in cases
of appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace, the plaintiff in
such action shall, as a condition precedent to such action being
brought to trial, pay to the clerk the sum of three dollars ; and in