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City; providing that the proceeds of the additional fee
be used to fund domestic violence programs in Baltimore
City; clarifying language; and generally relating to
the disposition of the proceeds from the additional
fee.

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, IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER
FEES IMPOSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE CLERKS SHALL BE PAID
MAY BE DIRECTED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE
AN ADDITIONAL $7 $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.