906                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 549

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 19 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1954 Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Justices of
the Peace", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

19. Fees of justices of the peace generally.

The justices of the peace of this State shall be entitled to receive
the fees allowed in the following table, and such fees shall be taxed
and paid by the party against whom judgment shall be rendered,
to wit:

for issuing each summons in debt or damages, or writ

of replevin............................................................................ $ .40

for each summons for witnesses, including all the wit-
nesses applied for at the same time.....................................40

for venire to summon freeholders.........................................50

for fieri facias...........................................................................50

for venditioni exponas.............................................................50

for scire facias.........................................................................60

for every supersedeas.............................................................30

for every oath or affidavit.....................................................20

for probate of account...........................................................25

for every judgment rendered where there is no trial........ 1.00

for every judgment rendered on trial.................................. 1.00

for every warrant of attachment against a resident

debtor ....................................................................................60

for every attachment against nonresident or absconding

debtor ................................................................................... 1.50

for attachment of contempt....................................................50

for venire to summon a jury in case of forcible entry and

detainer, and summons to tenant...................................... 1.50

for taking inquisition and return thereof............................ 5.00

for warrant of restitution...................................................... 2.00

for taking every acknowledgment of every deed or other
instrument of writing from each person making an ac-
knowledgment ......................................................................30

for a certificate of estrays.......................................................40

for issuing writ of attachment by way of execution...........60

for taking replevin or other bonds.........................................50

for entering every continuance.............................................15

for every transcript from the docket......................................25

for every search.......................................................................20

for binding apprentices, each justice...................................50

provided, however, that this section shall not apply to Baltimore City
or Baltimore County in which city and county the civil fees pre-
scribed by Chapter 164 of the Acts of 1870 shall still be in full force
and effect. In Charles County, and notwithstanding any other pro-
visions of this section, a flat fee of $2.50 shall be paid upon the filing
of any suit in the Magistrates Court, which said fee shall be the entire
costs in the proceedings for both the Sheriff and the Justice of the
Peace. The entire amount of such fees shall be paid over monthly
to the County Commissioners by the Justice of the Peace to whom
said filing fees were paid.