Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-02-24
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The first item for recording is admitted
TO be correct, an no objection is made to
it,
The second item which rs charge for
extracting that part which has to be sent
TO the Land Off ,e at Annapolis, lido not
object to, while / do not know that it i,
correct.
The third item. for indexing, is an over
charge. The legal fec for indexing il
Twelve cents and half for each one hun
bred words and figures. as shown in Chap
ter 222 Of tie Acts IF 1892.
l-ans.-s-s--.s-z Of the deed or Wm. kenly
and wife ;p J ,ne Webster. in the book
in which it will be recorded. WILL be this:
''Wm Kenly and wife to Jane Web
ster. go. Deed; Jane Webster from VIM
Kenly and wife. $50, Deed
Therefore in the book in which the
deed will be recorded there will be TWEEN
ty words ani figures. if the page takes
three figures to give its number.
Besides being iDdexed 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 Lan1 Record
books. The index IN this general index
win be thus: WIN. Kenly and wife to
Jane Webster, W S F rs. $50, Deed;
Jane Webster, from VIM Kenly aud
wife. W. s. F. 10. go, Deed"
There are sixt, en- words and figures
each way 10 this making 81 words and
figures. There cannot he any more than
81 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
shirty-twO, making ffty-four words and
Rgures 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
1883 states THAT the clerk shall have for
making alphabets and lists Of transfers of
property fol- each 10 words. and 50 pro
rata. except alphabets to dOckets, tets.
This has been the law since 1852. in
which year it was enacted n chapter BOB,
and it is in the Code of 1860. To make
it, if possibly. more binding, it was re-
enacted in Chap e22 of the laws of S92.
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 Clerk's fee for index
ing is 122 cents Ter hundred words.
Hence the legal charge for indexing the
deed from VIM Kenly and wife to Jane
Webster cannot be more than 81 words
and figures, and the legal fee for index
ing that deed cannot be more than Tets.
as it is exactly 63cts., l24cts. per 100
words being J of cent per word or
figure.
The next item is for endorsing same"
The word endorsing is not in the fee bill,
and this charge is illegal altogether.
The next item is filing same" This
is an illegal charge. The fee Il says
for fling any paper or thing required to
be filed, and entering the same on the
docket or minutes of the court, to be
charged but once, bets" The charge is
for doing two things, fling and entering
it on the minutes Of the court Any paper
in case in court has to be filed aud en-
tered on the minutes of the court. A deed
does no. have to be entered on the min
utes of the court. neither does it have to
be filed in tho legal sense, filing applying