468                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 313

CHAPTER 313
(House Bill 1155)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 20 of
Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement),
title "Fees of Officers," subtitle "Justices of the Peace," to sub-
divide such section and to provide for a flat fee payment in lieu
of the payment of certain costs in the filing of civil suits in the
magistrates' courts of Carroll County, specifying the manner of
accounting for such fees and relating generally to fees in magis-
trates' courts in Carroll County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 20 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Supplement), title "Fees of Officers," subtitle "Justices of the
Peace," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

20.

(a) 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 or attachment against a resident
debtor...................................................................................60

For every attachment against a nonresident or abscond-
ing 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
acknowledgment .................................................................30