(a) This Code section shall apply to all counties of this state having a population within the unincorporated areas thereof of 350,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census.

(b) In addition to the fees specified by Code Section 15-6-77, the clerk of the superior court of counties described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be entitled to charge and collect an advance fee of $25.00 on each civil and criminal appeal, and such fee shall be paid at the time of filing the notice of appeal.

(c) In lieu of the fees specified by Code Section 15-6-77 for the clerk's services listed below, the clerk of the superior court of counties described in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be entitled to charge and collect the following fees for official duties performed by the clerk in providing such services:

(1) Recording and returning to sender all instruments pertaining to real

estate and deeds of trust or amendments thereto, in accordance

with Code Section 53-12-152, each page...............… $ 5.00

(2) Recording maps or plats...................................… 10.00

The fee for recording maps or plats shall include the fee required

by Code Section 47-14-51.

(3) Filing and indexing financing statements and for stamping a copy

furnished by the second party to show the date and place of

filing for an original or a continuation statement, as provided

in Article 9 of Title 11, first page..................… 5.00

Each page, after the first...............................… .50

(4) Issuing certificates of appointment and reappointment to notaries

public, as provided by Code Section 45-17-4...........… 8.00

(5) Registering and filing trade names pursuant to Code Section 10-1-490

....................................................................… 25.00

(6) Entering writ of fieri facias on general execution docket..… 5.00