300 FEES OP OFFICERS. [ART. 36

1892, ch. 91. 1896, ch. 409.

2. No account for officers fees by any of the several officers
herein named, rendered for services to or in behalf of the counties
of this State in this section named, shall be allowed by the county
commissioners thereof, until said account has been submitted to
and approved by the judges of the circuit court for said county,
or a majority thereof; and no charge for officers fees shall be
paid or allowed by the county commissioners aforesaid, in any
criminal case where jurisdiction to try, hear and determine the
matter charged against the party accused has been conferred by
law upon justices of the peace, but the county Commisisoners may
levy or pay to the officers performing service in such cases, such
compensation as they, in their discretion, may deem right and
proper. This section shall apply only to the counties of Caroline,
Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Prince George's,. Charles and Har-
ford.

Clerks of Courts.

1892, ch. 222.

12. The clerk of the court of appeals, the clerks of the cir-
cuit courts and the clerks of the courts of the city of Baltimore,
may charge the fees herein allowed for the performance of their
respective duties, to wit:

For filing any paper, or thing required to be filed, and
entering the same on the docket or minutes of 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......... 50

For entering the declaration of intention of an alien to
become a citizen with certificate under seal, and all oaths
taken thereon............................... 50

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 any person requiring
the same....................................... 10

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