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Dec. Ses. 1825.
Proviso. |
JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
state, not in trade or pursuing some kind of merchandize as a
business; Provided, That the mayor and city council shall pass
such ordinances as will make the standard of weights and measurers,
the same in the city of Baltimore, as in the rest of the
state. |
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Passed March
8, 1826. |
CHAPTER 207.
An act to pay the Civil List and other expenses of Civil Government. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS, those who dedicate their time, abilities
and labor
to the public, ought to receive a reasonable compensation
for their services; Therefore, |
| Salaries. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That the following officers of the civil government, for the time
being, shall be entitled to receive at the rate of the following
salaries, in current money for the ensuing year, to wit; the
treasurer of the western shore, two thousand dollars; the treasurer
of the eastern shore, four hundred and fifty dollars; the auditor
general, eight hundred dollars; the examiner general eight hundred
dollars, including his legal fees of office; the clerk of the council,
fifteen hundred dollars, in lieu of all remuneration or compensation
for his services; the clerk of the senate, one hundred
and fifty dollars; the clerk of the house of delegates, three hundred
dollars; the messenger to the council, four hundred and
fifty dollars; the adjutant general, five hundred dollars. |
| Monies applied. |
2. And be it enacted, That all monies
which shall remain in
the treasury, after discharging the journal of accounts, and all
unappropriated money which may come into the treasury, be
first applied to the payment of the civil list for the ensuing year. |
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Passed March
8, 1826. |
CHAPTER 208.
An act to regulate the proceedings upon suits now or hereafter to be
brought on the bonds of the clerks of the several county
courts, clerk
of the court of appeals, register in chancery, and registers
of wills in
the several counties in this state. |
Excused
from setting
out at large
the plea. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
THat from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be necessary
for the state in any suit now or hereafter to be brought
upon any bond given by any of the clerks of the county
courts in this state, or by the clerk of the court of appeals, register
in chancery, or register of wills, in reply to the plea of
performance, to set out at large in its replication the breaches
for which damages are claimed; but may reply generally that the
obligor or obligors hath, or have not performed the conditions
of his or their bonds, and give the special matter in evidence,
upon which issue the jury shall assess such damages as the state |
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