Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-02-24

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The first item for recording is admitted
10 be correct. an no objection is a,ale to
it.
The second item whirh is a charge for
extracting that part which has to be sent
10 tle Land Off ,e at Annapolis, l do not
object to. while do not know that it is
correct.
The third item, for indexing is an over
charge. The legal fec for indexipg +,
twelve cents and half for each one hun
dred words and figures, as shown in Chap
ter 2.A42 -uft're Acts Of 1892.
The index Of the deed Of VIM. Kenly
and wife to J,ne Webster. in the book
il which it will be recorded. WILL be this:
"Wm Kenly aud wife to Jane Web
ster. $50 Deed; Jane Webster from WIN.
Kenly and wife. $50. Deed"
Therefore in the book in which the
deed will be recorded. there will be TWEEN
ty words AMI figures, if the page takes
three figures to give its number.
Besides being ndexed in the book in
which it is recorded. it is indexed in the
general index, which is book which con
tains the indexes Of all the Lanl Record
books. The index IN this general index
will be thus:-"Wm. Keuly and wifi, to
Jane Webster, W S F IS. $50, Deed;
Jane Webster. from VIM. Kenly and
wife, W. s. F IS. go, Deed "
There are sixteen words and figures
each way IL this, making 81 words and
figures. There cannot be any more than
32 words and figures in the general index.
The number of words and figures in the
index in the book the deed is recorded in.
twenty-five words. and the number Of
words and figures in the general index as
thirty-twO, making fifty four words and
figures in the indexes in both books
This is the greatest number of words and
figures that there can be in both indexes.
The fee bill as enacted in the Code Of
1888 states that the clerk shall have for
making alphabets and lists Of transfers of
property foI each 10 words, and 50 pro
rata, except alphabets to dockets, bets"
This has been the law since 1852, in
which year it was enacted u chapter BOZ,
and it is in the Code of 1860. To make
it. il possibly. more binding, it was re-
enacted in Chap. .22 of the laws of 1892
Besides this the Court of Appeals. in the
case of Peter vs. Prettyman, reported in
NJ. 81 of the Maryland Reports. page
572. states that the Clerks fee for index
ing is l21 cents Ter hundred words.
Hence the legal charge for ndexing the
deed from Wm. Kenly and wife to Jane
Webster cannot be more than 81 words
and figures, aud the legal fee for index
ing that deed cannot be more than lets.
as it is exactly 6icts., l2Icls. per 100
words being of cent per word or
figure.
The next item is for endorsing same"
The word endorsing is not in the fee bill,
aud this charge is illegal altogether.
The next item is filing same" This
is an Illegal charge The fee b Il says
"for fling any paper or thing required to
be fled, and entering the same on the
docket or minutes of the court, to be
charged but once, acts" The charge is
for doing two things. fling ami entering
1t on the minutes Of the court Any paper
in case in court has to be fled and en-
tered Oh the minutes Of the court A deed
does no. have to be entered on the min
utes of the court, neither does II have 10
be fled in the legal sense, fling applying