HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(3) The clerk of an appellate court shall take
the oath before the Governor.

2-106.

(b)  A clerk of a Circuit court for a county [or a
court of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City] who fails    to
execute the required bond may not receive fees or
compensation. A clerk who violates this subsection is
subject to a penalty of $1,000.

2-501.

(a) The EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
BALTIMORE CITY IN TITLE 2, SUBTITLE 5A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE
judges of the Circuit court for a county[, or the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City] may employ the court
administrators, assignment commissioners, auditors, masters,
examiners, court reporters, messengers, bailiffs, court
criers, librarians, clerks, secretaries, stenographers, jury
commissioners, law clerks, and other employees necessary to
conduct the business of the court.

2-502.

The clerks of the circuit court of a county [or the
courts of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City] shall record,
index, and maintain the following information when filed in
the court:

(1)  An auditor's report of distribution of
proceeds of a sale of real or personal property if ratified
by the court of which he is clerk;

(2)  All bonds of every nature and kind given in
any proceeding in the court; and

(3)  A test book containing the oaths of office
and signatures of every person who takes the oath before the
clerk.

2-505.

(a) On application of the clerk of a Circuit court [or
a court of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City] or on his
own initiative, the Comptroller may set the compensation of
an employee of the clerk's office, in accordance with this
section.

3-2A-01.

(c)   "Court" means a circuit court [of] FOR a county
[or court of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City having
jurisdiction over actions at law].