HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1707

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 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 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 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.

(B) (C) (1) IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, IN ADDITION TO
ALL OTHER FEES IMPOSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE CLERK OF THE
COURT SHALL: MAY BE DIRECTED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY
COUNCIL TO

(I) RECEIVE $15 FOR EVERY LICENSE ISSUED;
AND

(II) (2) THE CLERK SHALL REMIT THE
PROCEEDS OF THIS ADDITIONAL FEE MONTHLY TO THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

(2) (3) THE PROCEEDS SHALL BE USED, IN ADDITION
TO DESIGNATED FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY FUNDS, IN FUNDING
BATTERED SPOUSE SHELTERS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS.

(3) (4) THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHALL PREPARE AN
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DISPOSITION OF FEES COLLECTED UNDER
THIS ARTICLE. THE REPORT SHALL BE AVAILABLE BY DECEMBER 1
AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR BEING REPORTED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.