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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 183L

CHAPTER 250.

AN ACT relating to Coroners.
A Supplement as to Baltimore, 1836, ch. 165. See 'Public Local Law,'
title, 'Baltimore County.'

Inquest for-
bid except
upon rea-
sonable ap-
prehension
of felony,
&c.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be law-
ful for any coroner in the state of Maryland, to summon, have
or hold any jury of inquest, over the body of any deceased
person whatsoever, where it is known that the deceased came
to his or her death by accident, mischance or in any other man-
lier or way, except where the said person died in jail, or where
there are such circumstances attending the death or case as to
amount to a strong probability or reasonable belief, that the de-
ceased came to his or her death by felony.

Funeral
expenses.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That in all cases where it shall
be necessary for a coroner to bury any deceased person, over
whom he holds no inquisition, that such coroner shall provide a
coffin, and decently bury .such deceased person, and the levy
court of the county where the person shall have been found,
shall make such allowance or compensation to such coroner, as
they may deem just and reasonable, to be levied, collected, and
paid over as other county charges are paid, instead of the fees
now allowed to such coroner for holding juries of inquest.

Repealing
clause.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all laws, customs or usages,
which are inconsistent with, or contrary to, the provisions of
this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 261.

AN ACT, further supplemental to the Act of December session, eighteen
hundred and twenty-seven, chapter one hundred and eleven, entitled,
an Act to regulate Sales by Public Auction.
Local as to Baltimore.

CHAPTER 262.

AN additional SUPPLEMENT to the ACT of December session, eighteen
hundred and twenty-seven, chapter one hundred and seventeen, entitled,
an Act to regulate the issuing of Licenses to Traders, Keepers of Ordi-
naries, and others.

Price of
licenses to
sell goods,
&c.
graduated.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day of May next, for every license
applied for under the second section of the said original act, and
before issuing the same, the clerks of the several county courts,
and of Baltimore city court, shall demand and receive for the
use of the state, as herein provided, over and above the fee now
allowed by law to the sheriffs of their respective counties ; that
is to say, if the applicant's stock of goods, wares or merchan-
dise generally on hand, at the principal season of sale, be worth