208                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 175

person or official, any male prisoner over sixteen years of age, who
may be confined in said jail, under sentence imposed by the Circuit
[Courts] Court or any Justice of the Peace of said [counties] county
[in any case of assault, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, disturbing
the public peace, vagrancy, petty larceny, carrying concealed weapons,
gaming or playing at crap,] in order that said bailiff or supervisor
or other official in charge of said public streets or highways, or
beaches, parks or other public property may employ such prisoner
at hard labor on the public [roads] property of [Somerset, Talbot,
Wicomico and] Worcester [Counties,] County aforesaid [or on the
public streets] or of any incorporated town of said [counties] county.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved March 11, 1959.

CHAPTER 175
(House Bill 2)

AN ACT to repeal Section 13 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Fees of Officers," sub-title "Clerks
of Court," and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
12 of said Article and sub-title of the Code, revising the fees
charged by the various Clerks of Courts in this State and relating
generally to such fees, and correcting certain errors therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 13, of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title "Clerks of Court",
be and it is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 12 of said Ar-
ticle and sub-title of the Code, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

12. (a) The Clerks of the various Law Courts of this State may
charge and shall be entitled to receive the fees hereinafter set forth
for the performance of their duties, as follows:

[(1) For filing any paper, required to be filed and entering
the same on the docket of the Court, $.25;

(2)    For docket entry of any judgment or order, $.50;

(3)    For affixing the seal to every paper when required, except
writs and process, $.10;]

[(4)] (1) For issuing writs of process, summons and responden-
dum, except the original writ issued at the time of filing suit,
[$.50] $1.00;

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.