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junction bond, trustee's bond or receiver's bond to be filed, in their
respective courts.

57. 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 such compensation as shall be provided in the State Budget.
Said Clerk may appoint, subject to the approval of the Judges of
the Court of Appeals, such deputy clerks as the requirements of his
office shall necessitate, who shall perform such duties as shall be
prescribed by the said judges and clerk, and shall receive such com-
pensation as shall be provided in the State Budget. The said Clerk
of the Court of Appeals shall render an account, as now prescribed
by law, of all fees, emoluments 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 books, dockets, etc. as may be suitable and neces-
sary. [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 cause the actual cost of 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 evidenced in the same manner as other certified copies
of record are.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 37 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Clerks of Courts", sub-title "General
Duties of Clerks", be and it is hereby repealed and that a new
Section 37 be and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place and stead of the section repealed and to read as follows:

37. If any clerk of a court of law or equity shall neglect or re-
fuse to transcribe and enter the docket entries of every execution
which shall be entered satisfied or otherwise finally settled or the
docket entries of every execution or other final process under which
any personal property shall have been seized or taken, together with
a copy of the schedule accompanying such execution and the sheriff's
return thereon regularly paged and indexed as required in the Mary-
land Rules or if any clerk of a court shall neglect to record the pro-
ceedings in every action, in which the costs shall have first been
paid, where the title to real estate has been decided by decree, judg-
ment or award and where any land or tenement has been seized or
sold under execution together with the return of such execution
or if any clerk of a court shall neglect or refuse to make proper
entries of all proceedings in the court of which he is clerk, all as
required by law or by the Maryland Rules, said clerk shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars
for the use of the State. This section shall not apply to Anne Arundel,
Howard and Worcester Counties.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 78 of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Corporations", sub-title "Dissolu-