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13 FREDERICK Lord BALTIMORE.
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CHAP.
XVIII. |
XCIII. And be it Enacted,
That the several County Justices, in their
respective Counties, at the Time of assessing the County Levy, shall,
and
they are hereby impowered and directed to allow the Clerk of each respective
County, the sum of Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco yearly, in their
County levies, in lieu of, and for full Satisfaction for Warrants to
the Overseers
of the Highways, Constables Warrants, taking and making Indentures
of Orphans, assisting in laying and for apportioning the County Levy,
and
all other Services to be done for their respective Counties, and by
Order of
the Justices for the Time being: And all the respective County
Clerks within
this Province, for the Time being, shall, and they are hereby obliged
to do all the said Services, and such others, for the use of the respective
Counties, as shall be required by the Justices of the Peace of each
respective
County, from Time to Time, and at all Times hereafter, for and in Consideration
of the Allowance aforesaid.
XCIV. To the SHERIFF.
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Fees to the
Sheriff. |
Serving Writ and taking Bail Bond,
Collecting the Public and County
Dues, for every Hundred,
Collecting Officers Fees, for every
Hundred,
For every Commitment and Releasement,
Impannelling a Jury,
Serving Scire facias, including the
Person summoned,
Serving Citation,
Executing a Commission of Resurvey,
per Day.
Impannelling a Jury,
Summoning Evidences to prove
the Bounds of Land, for each
Person summoned,
If impowered to swear Jury and
Evidences, for every Oath,
Every Non est inventus returned,
Serving a Subpœna,
For keeping a Prisoner in Custody,
and finding him Victuals, during
the first Month's Imprisonment,
per Day,
For every Day's Imprisonment
and Victualling after the first
Month, per Day,
Serving a Writ of Possession,
Serving an Ejectment,
For electing Burgesses, if a whole
Election, and so pro rato, for
one or more,
Serving an Attachment of Contempt,
Serving Writ of Estrepment,
Serving ne exeat Provinciam,
Serving a Copy of declaration, or
short Note,
Summoning Appraisers to value
Goods taken by an Attachment,
or Fieri facias, for each Appraiser
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Swearing the said Appraisers, every
Oath,
Serving an Attachment or Execution,
And if any Execution be for above
One Hundred, and under Five
Hundred Pounds of Tobacco,
If it exceed Five Hundred Pounds
of Tobacco, then,
If it exceed One Thousand, then
for the first Thousand,
And for every Thousand after the
first,
Executing a Writ of Ad quod Damnum,
or, Melius inquirendum, per
Day,
Impannelling a Jury on the same,
Swearing the said Jury, for every
Oath,
Taking an Inquisition, and returning
the same with the said
Writ,
Summoning Appraisers to value
the Goods taken by a Replevin,
for each Person summoned,
Swearing the said Appraisers, every
Oath,
Serving a Writ of Re-restitution,
Impannelling a Jury to enquire of
a forcible Entry or Detainer,
If impowered to swear the same,
for every Oath,
For each Person summoned as an
Evidence on the same,
For swearing the said Evidences,
every Oath,
For summoning Chain-Carriers on
any Occasion where required,
each Person summoned,
For swearing the same, every Oath,
For an Arrest on a warrant,
For serving Duces tecum,
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