PRINTER
PRISON
PRISONERS
PRIVILEGE
PROBATS
PROCEDENDO
PROCESS
PRO CONFESSO |
INDEX TO THE LAWS.
An advance of one fourth to be made,
Jonas Green appointed printer to the
state,
His duty to print the laws, votes and proceedings,
according to the act of 1790, ch. 51, section 3,
and the 64th resolution passed in 1811,
Twenty days in addition for printing
the laws allowed
for the year 1816,
Bond to be given within fifteen days
after the close
of each annual session, in the penalty therein prescribed,
The security to be approved by the treasurer of
the western shore,
Fine on refusal or neglect to give such bond, and
the salary to be forfeited,
In case of death, or refusal or neglect to enter
into the bond, the governor and council to appoint
some other person,
Punishment for burning. See Arson.
For other matters, see Gaol.
May be removed from one gaol to another,
and the
sheriff not subjected to an action of escape,
Removal of, by habeas corpus, or
in case of fire, &c.
Allowance for keeping in gaol in the
counties
therein mentioned,
No person to sue or be sued in privilege,
Fee allowed to justices of the peace
for taking,
To be prepared by them,
Probats of accounts against estates
of deceased persons
may be taken by registers of wills,
Their fees thereon,
Where necessary, on reversal of a judgment,
directed
to be sent to the county courts, and directions for sending
the proceedings,
Directions in cases where new parties
are to be made,
Sheriffs neglecting to make return
of process liable
to amercement, &c.
Process may be issued to another state
against the
administrator, &c. of a defendant dying,
Process from one county to another
to be addressed
by letter or cover to the clerk of such other county,
and put in the post office,
Duty of the said clerk to take up such letters,
and deliver the process to the sheriff,
To transmit a certificate of the receipt and delivery,
which shall be evidence,
The expense of postage, and a compensation, to
be allowed by the levy courts,
Penalty on clerks or registers for neglect,
On sheriffs, &c. neglecting or delaying to serve
the process so directed,
Sheriffs, &c. may make return of the process by
mail to the clerk of the court where returnable,
Evidence required as to the letter or cover for
that purpose,
Nothing herein to affect the remedy
given by the 1st
section of the act of 1815, ch. 149,
Where a power is given to take bills
pro confesso,
a
decision may be made against the defendants absent
making a default, on the testimony taken, instead of
issuing a commission, |
Session. Ch. S.
1815 195
3
1816
98 1
2
3
4
1809 138
8
1801
71
1809 125
1816 178
1817
96
1818
66
1805
65 51
1801 74
30
31
1816 203
6
1806
90 1
1818 193
1
1815 149
1
2
4
1817 139
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1818 193
5 |