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14. Oath.

The person so appointed, before he proceeds to act, shall take an
oath before [some justice of the peace] the clerk of the court that he
will faithfully, without favor, affection or prejudice, perform the
service for which he was appointed by the court; which oath shall be
certified by the [justice] clerk and shall accompany such return as
the surveyor shall make to the court in the case.

§ 20. Judgment lien—In general.

(a)  Every judgment and decree rendered by any of the courts of
law or equity of this State including the District Court shall be and
constitute a lien to the amount and from the date thereof upon all real
estate and all leasehold interest and terms for years of the defendants
in land located in the county in which the judgment or decree was
rendered, except leases from year to year and leases for terms of not
more than five years and not renewable, if the judgment or decree is
indexed and recorded as prescribed by the Maryland Rules or the
Maryland District Rules, [to the same extent and effect as liens are
created by judgment upon real estate, and a certified copy of the
docket entries from the clerk of the court where any judgment or
decree is obtained, or judgment of any justice of the peace originally
recorded, when recorded upon the judgment record of any other court
in the counties of this State or the City of Baltimore, shall be and con-
stitute a lien, from the date of its being recorded, upon the property
of the defendant in said county or City of Baltimore, to the same
extent as in the county or city where the said judgment or decree
was originally obtained or justice's judgment originally recorded].

(b)  Every judgment and decree rendered by any of the courts of
law or equity of this State including the District Court shall be and
constitute a lien upon all real estate and all leasehold interest and
terms for years of the defendants in land located in a county other
than the one in which the judgment or decree was originally entered,
except leases from year to year and leases for terms of not more than
five years and not renewable, if the judgment or decree is indexed and
recorded as prescribed by the Maryland Rules or the Maryland Dis-
trict Rules.

30A. Terms and conditions of bail bonds in second and seventh ju-
dicial circuits; bond commissioner; bail bondsmen in
Prince George's County.

The circuit courts for each of the counties of the second and seventh
judicial circuits are authorized to prescribe by rule of court the terms
and conditions of bail bonds filed in the circuit court [or with an
inferior court, trial magistrate or justice of the peace in or] for each
county respectively. The power granted herein includes but is not
limited to prescribing the qualifications of and fees charged by bonds-
men. A bond commissioner may be appointed to administer the rules
of court adopted pursuant to this section. Violations of any rule of
court promulgated hereunder shall be considered contempt of court
and punished as for contempt. In addition to those rules promul-
gated by the seventh judicial circuit and pertaining to Prince George's
County it is hereby provided that in Prince George's County no person
shall engage in the business of becoming surety for compensation on