JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1826.

arise or become due-for the perforrnance of the duties of his or
their office tit offices, from and after the commencement of the
operation of this act, than those hereinafter rated, regulated, li-
mited and allowed, by the following tables of fees, which shall
be construed agreeably to the fair, literal and evident import
thereof, according to the plain and common acceptation of terms,
the true intent and obvious meaning of this act; and if any such
officer or officers, his or their ministers, deputies or secants,
shall charge, demand, ask, receive or take, of any person or per-
sons, directly or indirectly, any other or greater fees, which
shall arise or become due for services rendered in virtue of their
respective offices, from and after the commencement of the ope-
ration of this act, than are herein after prescribed, regulated,
limited and allowed, as aforesaid, every such person or persons
so offending, shall, upon conviction thereof by the, verdict of a
jury, or on confession, or otherwise, forfeit and pay a sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars current money, in the discretion
of the court, for every such offence, one half thereof for the
use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the state,
to be recovered, with costs, by presentment or indictment in
any of the courts of this state, holding and exercising original

CHAP, 247.

jurisdiction in criminal cases, where the offence shall have hap-
pened or been committed ; Provided^ That all prosecutions or
suits for any breach or violation of the provisions of this act,
or for the recovery of any fine, penalty or forfeiture, hereby
imposed, shall have been commenced and instituted at any time
within one year from and after the period when such breach or
violation may have occurred, or the fact alleged shall have been
committed.

Proviso

2. And be it enacted, That from and after the commence-
ment of the operation of this act, there shall be limited and al-
lowed to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, for the western and
eastern shores of tbis state, respectively, the following fees,
which may thereafter arise or become due for services rendered
in virtue of their said offices, and no more, that is to say:
For filing a record on appeal or writ of error, or any
other paper, matter or thing, required to be filed,
to be charged but once, 5 cts.
For the docket entry of an appearance of each indivi-
dual party in any suit or action, whether plaintiff or
defendant, appellant or appellee, in proper person or
by attorney, 5 cts,
For the docket entry of every imparlance or continu-
ance, 5 cts,
For the docket entry of every rule, motion, leave or
order of court, 5 cts.
For the docket entry of assignment of errors or join-
der thereto, and of relief a verificatione, 5 cts.
For making ap the issue or issues, in law or equity,
in any ease, 15 cts.
For the docket entry of any judgment or decree of
the court 25 cts.
For taxing and filing a bill of the costs of either par-
ty, in any suit or action, (but it is not intended that

To the clerks of
the court of ap-
peals