ART. 10] PRACTISING WITHOUT ADMISSION. 291

1888, art. 10, sec. 15. I860, art. 11, sec. 16. 1786, ch. 10. 1862, ch. 179.
1868, ch. 404. 1898, ch. 472.

16. No register of wills or clerk of any court shall practise
as attorney at law in any of the courts of this State of which
he is such register or clerk, nor shall any deputy clerk of any
court practise as attorney at law in any court of this State of
which he is an officer, or to which he may be attached as a
deputy or assistant officer.

Ibid. sec. 16. 1860, art. 11, sec. 17. 1715, ch. 41, sec. 9. 1791, ch. 76, sec. 3.

1796, ch. 43, sec. 8.

17. No judge of any court of this State, including the judges
of the orphans' courts, shall act as attorney or solicitor in any
court of law or equity in this State, during the time for which
he shall act as such.

Practising Without Being Admitted to the Bar.

1900, ch. 699, sec. 16 A.

18. Any person who shall exact, demand, take or receive
from any person whatsoever any fee, gratuity, gift or reward
for his advice or service as an attorney at law without having
been admitted to the bar agreeably to the provisions of this
article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars, or confinement in jail for not more than thirty days,
or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

State's Attorney.

1888, art. 10, sec. 17. 1860, art. 11, sec. 18. 1821, ch. 126. 1862, ch. 177.

19. The State's attorney for each county and the city of Bal-
timore shall, in such county or city, prosecute and defend, on
the part of the State, all cases in which the State may be
interested.

McCauley v State, 21 Md. 568. Kilgour v. Evening Star Co., 96 Md. 29.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1860, art. 11, sec. 19 1795, ch. 74, sec. 2.

20. He shall, ex officio, on the application of the sheriff of
his county or city, order execution to be issued for the recovery
of all fines, penalties and forfeitures which shall be imposed
by any court of record of this State, together with the costs
accruing thereon.

Ibid, sec 19. 1860, art. 11, sec. 20. 1831, ch. 208, sec. 3.

21. In cases where recognizances to prosecute have been

entered into, and before presentment or indictment found, the