1598

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 126

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 62 - Marriages

Section 14

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 62 - Marriages

14.

(A)  When one or both parties are residents of the
State of Maryland, the clerk of the court shall receive [two
dollars] $2 for every license issued as aforesaid and for
the performance of the other duties required by this
article; where both parties are nonresidents of the State of
Maryland, the said clerk shall receive [three dollars] $3
for every license so issued.

(B)   In Allegany, Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil,
Dorchester, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, and
Washington counties, [and in Baltimore City,] said clerks
shall be paid an additional [two dollars] $2 for every
license and shall remit monthly the proceeds of said
additional fee to the county treasurer of their respective
counties at the end of every month for use as general funds
of said county[; except that the clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of Baltimore City shall remit and shall include
the proceeds of the additional fee in his annual return to
the State Comptroller of all his fees, emoluments and
receipts under the provisions of § 2-205 of the Courts
Article of the Code].

(C)  (1) IN BALTIMORE CITY, THE CLERKS SHALL BE PAID AN
ADDITIONAL $7 FOR EVERY LICENSE IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER
FEES IMPOSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE CLERKS MAY BE DIRECTED
BY RESOLUTION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $5 FOR EVERY LICENSE ISSUED.

(2) THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
BALTIMORE CITY SHALL REMIT AND INCLUDE $2 OF THE PROCEEDS OF
THE ADDITIONAL FEE IN THE ANNUAL RETURN TO THE STATE
COMPTROLLER OF ALL OF THE FEES, EMOLUMENTS, AND RECEIPTS
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF § 2-205 OF THE COURTS ARTICLE.

(3) 2 THE CLERK SHALL REMIT MONTHLY $5 OF THE
PROCEEDS OF THE ADDITIONAL FEE TO THE COORDINATING COUNCIL
ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY, AND THOSE.