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term of six months from the time when the same shall be finally rendered, made and completed; and where any sale of lands or tenements shall be made under two or more writs of execution, it shall be sufficient to make up the record only of the elder of said judgments, with the execution, return and sale under such writ; and of each of the other judgments there shall be embraced in said record only a short copy, and only the docket entries of the writs of execution thereon, respectively; and no clerk shall record any decree or judgment except such as relates to the title to land, or those under which lands have been sold in virtue of an execution thereon.

1894, ch. 513, sec. 20 A.

22. Said clerk, whenever requested in writing to do so by the trustee, attorney or party in interest, shall record among the chancery, judicial or other proper record books of his office, such bill of complaint, decree, order of court, trustee's report, auditor's account and report or other paper filed in a cause in his office, although the title to land may not be involved therein, provided the cost of such recording be first paid or provided for.

1888, art. 17, sec. 21.

1860, art. 18, sec. 18. 1845, ch. 254, sec. 3.
1854, ch. 313.

23. If any clerk shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars for the use of the State; provided, that so far as the proceedings mentioned in section 21 are concerned, the clerk shall not be required to record the same until the costs thereof shall have been first paid. This section shall not apply to Anne Arundel, Howard and Worcester counties.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1860, art. 18, sec. 20. 1817, ch. 119, sec. 8. 24. If any person applies for a copy of the record of a judgment or decree in any case where the judgment or decree is not required by law to be recorded, the clerk shall make and certify a copy of the same from the papers, minutes and docket entries of such case, which shall be as available as a regular transcript of a recorded judgment or decree.

Ibid. sec. 23. 1860, art. 18, sec. 21. 1826, ch. 200, sec. 6. 25. The clerk of any court shall, upon application during the vacation of said court, enter an appeal from the judgment, order or decree of said court to the court of appeals.

131. 1826, ch. 200, sec. 3.

ch. 8, sec. 5. 1822, ch. 1853, ch. 374.

1888, art. 17, sec. 24. 1860, art. 18, sec. 22. 1723, 1842, ch. 70. 26. The clerks may approve any appeal bond, writ of error bond, bond for removal of proceedings by writ of certiorari, injunction bond, trustee's bond or receiver's bond to be filed in their respective courts.

Ibid. sec. 25. 1860, art. 18, sec. 23. 1860, ch. 132, sec. 1.

27. The clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties, of the superior court of Baltimore city, the court of common pleas, the Baltimore city court, and the circuit court and circuit court No. 2 of Baltimore city shall have the power and jurisdiction to take supersedeas of judgments and decrees in their respective courts, as a justice of the peace in the counties has by law; and the supersedeas so taken shall have the same effect as if taken by a justice of the peace; and every surety in a supersedeas of a judgment rendered in the respective courts, and superseded before the clerks of said courts, shall sign the same, or if he cannot write shall make his mark, to be attested by the clerk; and the several clerks shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents for each supersedeas.

Bowes v. Isaacs, 33 Md. 535. Smith v. Bowes, 38 Md. 463.

Ibid. sec. 26. 1860, art. 18, sec. 24. 1860, ch. 132, sec. 2.

28. It shall be the duty of the clerks of the respective courts and of the justices of the peace, in taking the supersedeas of any judgment, to accept no party as a superseder unless satisfied that he is worth in real or personal estate, over and above his actual debts, the full amount of the judgment proposed to be superseded.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1860, art. 18, sec. 25. 1860, ch. 132, sec. 3.

29. It shall not be lawful for the justices of the peace of the city of Baltimore to take supersedeas of any judgment recovered in the court of common pleas, the superior court of Baltimore city, or the Baltimore city court, or of any decree entered in the circuit court or circuit court No. 2 of Baltimore city, but such supersedeas shall be taken by the clerks of said courts, respectively.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1860, art. 18, sec. 26. 1853, ch. 412.

30. The clerks of the several circuit courts for the counties, the clerk of the court of common pleas, and of the circuit court and circuit court No. 2 of Baltimore city shall each have con

current power with the judge of his court to pass all orders misi for the ratification of auditor's reports and accounts, but not final orders.

1888, art. 17, sec. 29. 1860, art. 18, sec. 27. 1852, ch. 173, sec. 1. 31. The clerks of the circuit courts for the counties, and the clerk of the circuit court and circuit court No. 2 of Baltimore city, and of the court of common pleas may each pass all orders nisi for the ratification of sales made and reported under decrees or orders of the court of which he is clerk, but not final orders.

Ibid. sec. 30. 1860, art. 18, sec. 28. 1852, ch. 173, sec. 2.

32. Every clerk may issue commissions to take testimony in common-law cases to the standing commissioners appointed by his court for that purpose, and, if the parties agree thereto in writing, may issue a commission to any person or persons named in such agreement.

Ellicott v. Peterson, 4 Md. 476.

Ibid. sec. 31. 1860, art 18, sec. 30. 1852, ch. 173, sec. 4.

33. They may pass and issue orders of publication to notify non-resident defendants.

Ibid. sec. 32. 1860, art. 18, sec. 31. 1742, ch. 10, sec. 2. 1800, ch. 82, sec. 3.

34. No clerk shall receive any fees or compensation for services rendered as clerk, until he has given bond, executed and approved as herein provided.

Ibid. sec. 33. 1860, art. 18, sec. 32. 1731, ch. 15, sec. 2.

35. Every clerk shall make out accounts of his fees in a fair, legible hand, and in words at length.

Jamison v. State, 55 Md. 103.

Ibid. sec. 34. 1860, art. 18, sec. 33. 1731, ch. 15, sec. 3.

36. He shall deliver to either plaintiff or defendant (if required) full copies, in a fair, legible hand, of all the costs of suit recovered by or against the party requiring the same; and on failure to do so he shall forfeit and pay thirty dollars.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1860, art. 18, sec. 34. 1794, ch. 54, sec. 10. 37. In all suits brought on bonds given to the State, the clerk, before he issues the writ, shall endorse thereon the name

of the party at whose instance and for whose use such suit is instituted.

1888, art. 17, sec. 36. 1860, art. 18, sec. 35. 1838, ch. 275. 1839, ch. 25. 1870, ch. 295.

38. The clerks of the several courts of this State, and their deputies, are hereby empowered to administer oaths upon all legal papers for file in their respective offices upon which affidavits are required by law.

Ibid. sec. 37. 1860, art. 18, sec. 36. 1790, ch. 51, sec. 14.

39. No clerk shall deliver the laws and public documents sent to him by the librarian to any other person than to him who is entitled to receive the same, or to his order in writing, under the penalty of fifteen dollars.

Ibid. sec. 38. 1860, art, 18, sec. 37. 1814, ch. 82, see. 1. 1827, ch. 17.

1833, ch. 189.

40. The clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties, and the clerk of the Baltimore city court shall receive and file, without fee or reward, the dockets and papers of justices of the peace delivered to them, and shall give transcripts thereof for the usual fees, and shall re-deliver the same to the justice upon his re-appointment.

Ibid. sec. 39. 1860, art. 18, sec. 38. 1801, ch. 86, sec. 6.

41. In case of the death, resignation, disqualification or removal from office of a notary public, his register and other public papers shall, within sixty days thereafter, be lodged in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county, or superior court of Baltimore city, who may bring and maintain actions of trover, replevin or detinue for the same; and such register or public papers shall not in any case be liable to be seized or taken in execution for debt, or for any demand what

soever.

Clerk of the Court of Appeals.

Ibid. sec. 40. 1860, art. 18, sec. 39. 1805, ch. 65, sec. 18. 1894, ch. 298. 42. The clerk of the court of appeals shall have the custody of all the records and papers in the office of the late court of appeals, of the former court of appeals, and of the general court. He shall receive a salary of $3,000 per annum, for which sum, to be paid out of the treasury, the comptroller of the State shall draw his warrant. Said clerk may appoint, subject to the approval of the judges of the court of appeals,

such deputy clerks as the requirements of his office shall necessitate, who shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the said judges and clerk, and shall receive such salaries as the said judges and clerk may determine to be just and proper compensation for their services, to be paid in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for the payment of the salary of the said clerk of the court of appeals. The said clerk of the court of appeals shall render an account, as now prescribed by law, of all fees, emoluments and receipts of his said office, and shall pay the same to the treasurer of the State, as now required by law. The clerk of the court of appeals shall provide his office with such record books, dockets, etc., as may be suitable and necessary; and the sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay for the same and such other necessary office expenses as he may incur. The record of causes pending in said court shall be printed under the direction of said clerk, and the briefs of counsel may be printed in like manner or may be printed by said counsel, at their option, and in every case the actual cost of printing of said records. and briefs, at current rates, and no more, shall be taxed in said causes as the cost of making copies of said records and briefs. He shall give certified copies, under the seal of said court, of all papers and records of which he shall have custody as aforesaid, and such copies shall be evidence in the same manner as other certified copies of records are.

1896, ch. 163, sec. 40 A.

43. The sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby annually appropriated to pay for the record books, dockets, stationery, postage and other expenses of the office of the clerk of the court of appeals, for the payment of which the comptroller of the treasury is hereby directed to draw his warrants upon the treasurer of Maryland, from time to time, upon production to him by the said clerk of the court of appeals of the proper vouchers thereof. And the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby annually appropriated for the purpose of paying the cost of printing the records and briefs in State cases in the court of appeals, and the comptroller of the treasury is hereby directed to draw his warrant from time to time upon the treasurer of Maryland for the amount properly payable by the State for the printing of such records and briefs in State cases in the court of appeals, upon

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