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For arresting any person charged with a misdemeanor for en-
tering any enclosure and destroying property therein in the
limits of the City of Baltimore or within four miles thereof.... 1.00]

§ 18. Levy of fees for executing criminal business.

[The county commissioners in the several counties and the mayor
and city council of Baltimore shall levy on the assessable property of
their respective counties or the said city the amount of fees that the
constables of the several counties or the said city are entitled to re-
ceive for executing criminal business; provided, that nothing con-
tained in this section shall exempt any criminal from paying the cost
of his arrest if he shall be of sufficient ability to do so.]

§ 20. Enumeration.

[(a) 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 re-
plevin ............................................................................................ $ .40

For each summons for witnesses, including all the witnesses

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 a nonresident or absconding

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

For attachment of contempt .........................................................50

For venire to summon a jury in case of forcible entry and de-
tainer, 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 in-
strument of writing from each person making an acknowl-
edgment .........................................................................................30

For a certificate of estrays .............................................................40

For issuing writ of attachment by ways of execution.................60