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books, dockets, etc., as may be suitable and necessary; and the
sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be nec-
essary, is hereby appropriated to pay for the same and such other
necessary office expenses as he may incur. The record of causes
pending in said court shall be printed under the direction of said
clerk, and the briefs of counsel may be printed in like manner
or may be printed by said counsel, at their option, and in every
case the actual cost of the printing of said records and briefs, at
current rates, and no more, shall be taxed in said causes as the
cost of making copies of said records and briefs. He shall give
certified copies, under the seal of said court, of all papers and
records of which he shall have custody as aforesaid, and such
copies shall be evidence in the same manner as other certified
copies of records are.

1896, ch. 163.

40 A. The sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby annually appropriated to pay for
the record books, dockets, stationery, postage and other expenses
of the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, for the pay-
ment of which the Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby
directed to draw his warrants upon the Treasurer of Maryland,
from time to time, upon production to him by the said Clerk of
the Court of Appeals of the proper vouchers thereof. And the
sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, is hereby annually appropriated for the purpose of paying
the cost of printing the records and briefs in State cases in the
Court of Appeals, and the Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby
directed to draw his warrant from time to time upon the Treas-
urer of Maryland for the amount properly payable by the State
for the printing of such records and briefs in State cases in the
Court of Appeals, upon the vouchers submitted to him and certi-
fied to be correct by the Attorney-General of the State of Mary-
land.

Clerks of the Circuit Courts.

1898, ch. 264.

58. They shall grant to every person who shall apply for the
same, such license as lie may desire, and be authorized to obtain,
properly filled up and signed by them; but they are hereby