CHAP.
XLIII.
Salary to the
chief justice,
&c.
Clerk to certify
yearly, &c.
And make out
two copies,
&c.
Compensation
to associate
justices, &c.
Sheriff to pay
in thirty
days, &c.
Justices to do
certain matters,
&c. |
XXI. And be
it enacted, That every chief justice, appointed and commissioned
in virtue of this act, shall receive, as a compensation for his services,
as follows,
to wit: For the first district at the rate of twelve hundred
dollars
per annum, to
be paid by Saint-Mary's, Calvert, Prince-George's and Charles counties,
in
proportion to the amount of assessable property in each of the said
counties
respectively, the said amount to be ascertained in each year by reference
to
the last general assessment of property; for the second district at
the rate of
twelve hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by Cæcil,
Kent, Queen-Anne's
and Talbot counties, in the same proportion to be ascertained as aforesaid;
for
the third district at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum,
to be paid by
Anne-Arundel, Baltimore and Harford counties, in the same proportion,
to be
ascertained as aforesaid; for the fourth district at the rate of twelve
hundred
dollars per annum, to be paid by Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset
and Worcester
counties, in the same proportion, to be ascertained as aforesaid; for
the fifth
district at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum, to
be paid by the counties
of Washington, Frederick, Montgomery and Allegany, in the same proportion,
to be ascertained as aforesaid; and the justices of the peace in the
several
counties shall assess, in their county assessment, the sum payable
by their respective
counties as aforesaid, with a commission of six per cent. for
collection; which
said sums shall be collected with the county assessment, and paid by
the collectors
to the chief justice of their respective district, within six months
next
ensuing the laying of the said assessment.
XXII. And be
it enacted, That the clerk of every county shall, yearly, on
or before the first day of April, certify, under his hand and seal
of office, the
amount of the assessable property in his county, and lodge one certificate
thereof
with the clerks of each county in his district, under the penalty of
fifty dollars.
XXIII. And be
it enacted, That the clerks of the respective county courts
shall, under the penalty of fifty dollars for every omission or neglect,
in the month
of November yearly, during the continuance of this act, make out and
transcribe
two fair copies of the levy list allowed by the justices of the respective
levy
courts against the said counties, containing the several charges and
sums levied
and assessed on their respective counties, one copy whereof shall be
transmitted
to the clerk of the senate, and the other copy thereof to the clerk
of the house
of delegates, for the information of the general assembly.
XXIV. And be
it enacted, That each associate justice, appointed and commissioned
in virtue of this act, shall receive, as a compensation for his services,
the sum of three dollars for every day he shall attend the duty of
his office, and
the said allowance shall be assessed in the assessment of his county.
XXV. And be it
enacted, If any collector shall not pay the allowance to any
chief justice intrusted to his collection by virtue of this act, within
thirty days
after the same shall become due, it shall be lawful for the person
not paid to file
an attested copy of his bond in the general court, or in the county
court where
such collector shall reside, with an affidavit of the sum due, and
a demand and
refusal of payment, and thereupon execution shall issue against such
collector
and his securities; and if payment be alleged, the court may, on motion,
impannel
and charge twelve of the attending jurors to inquire into the fact,
and
upon their verdict commit, release, or give such other remedy as the
nature of
the execution and justice may require.
XXVI. And,
whereas by divers acts of assembly the justices of the county
courts are authorised and enjoined to do sundry matters and things
at the county
courts to be held in certain months in the said acts mentioned, and
in many
instances there is an alteration of the time of holding the said county
courts by
this act, Be it enacted, That
in all cases where the courts are by this act directed
to be held in different months from those mentioned in the said acts
of
assembly, or any of them, it shall be lawful for the justices of the
county courts,
to be commissioned in virtue of this act, to do and perform all such
matters and |
