WHEREAS it is right and proper that a sufficient allowance should be
made to the justices of the orphans courts, the commissioners of the
tax, and the clerk to the commissioners, in the several counties of
this state, to compensate them for their trouble and expences; therefore,
II. Be it enacted,by
the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after
the passage of this act, each and every justice of the respective orphans
courts in this state shall be entitled to receive the sum of two dollars
for every
day he shall attend in the execution of his office, and such allowance
shall
be levied and collected in the same manner as other county charges
are by law
collected.
II. And be it
enacted, That each and every commissioner of the tax, and the
clerk to the commissioners, in the several counties of this state,
shall be entitled
to receive the sum of two dollars for every day he shall attend in
the discharge of
his duty as commissioner, or as clerk to the commissioners, which allowance
shall be levied and collected as aforesaid.
IV. And be it
enacted, That so much of the act of assembly passed at November
session, seventeen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, An additional
supplementary act to the act, entitled, An act to establish orphans
courts in the
several counties of this state, which fixes the allowance of the justices
of the
several orphans courts, and also that part of an act of assembly passed
at November
session, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, entitled, An act for the
valuation
of real and personal property within this state, which ascertains the
allowance to the commissioners of the tax, and the clerk to the commissioners,
be and the same are hereby repealed.
V. This act to continue until the first day
of October, in the
year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and until the end
of the next
session of assembly which shall happen thereafter. |
Preamble.
Allowance to
justices, &c.
And commissioners
of the
tax, &c.
Parts of former
acts repealed.
Duration. |
BE it enacted, by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That four dollars and
fifty cents be allowed to the president of the senate and speaker of
the
house of delegates, and three dollars and fifty cents to each member
of
the general assembly, each elector of senate, and each elector of president
and
vice-president of the United States, for every day's attendance as
such, for the
purpose of defraying his expences, besides the accustomed itinerant
charges and
ferriages. |
Allowance to
members, &c. |
