72 CLERKS OF COURTS. [ART. 17

General Duties of Clerks.

1890, ch. 383.

2 A. Whenever any auditor's report of distribution of the pro-
ceeds of sale of real or personal property shall have been ratified
by any of the courts of this State, such audit and ratification
shall be forthwith recorded by the clerk of said court in a book
or books provided for that purpose, the cost of said record to be
taxed in the costs of the case, and a certified copy of said record
shall be evidence. This section shall not apply to Somerset, Bal-
timore or Calvert counties.

1894, ch. 513.

20 A. Said clerk, whenever requested in writing to do so by
the trustee, attorney or party in interest, shall record among the
chancery, judicial or other proper record books of his office, such
bill of complaint, decree, order of court, trustee's report, auditor's
account and report or other paper filed in a cause in his office,
although the title to land may not be involved therein, provided
the cost of such recording be first paid or provided for.

Clerk of the Court of Appeals.

18H4, ch. 298.

40. The Clerk of the Court of Appeals shall have the custody
of all the records and papers in the office of the late Court of
Appeals, of the former Court of Appeals, and of the General
Court. He shall receive a salary of $3, 000 per annum, for which
sum, to be paid out of the treasury, the Comptroller of the State
shall draw his warrant. Said clerk may appoint, subject to the
approval of the judges of the Court of Appeals, such deputy
clerks as the requirements of this office shall necessitate, who
shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the said judges
and clerk, and shall receive such salaries as the said judges and
clerk may determine to be just and proper compensation for their
services, to be paid in the same manner as is hereinbefore pro-
vided for the payment of the salary of the said Clerk of the
Court of Appeals. The said Clerk of the Court of Appeals shall
render an account, as now prescribed by law, of all fees, emolu-
ments and receipts of his said office, and shall pay the same to
the Treasurer of the State, as now required by law. The Clerk
of the Court of Appeals shall provide his office with such record