118 LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1769.
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NOVEMBER, 1769—CHAPTER 14.
AH ACT for emitting bills of credit, and other purposes therein mentioned.
A temporary expedient to raise supplies for the state treasury.
CHAPTER 15. |
*1715, ch.
46. |
A SUPPLEMENTARY ACT to the act, entitled, *An act for the direction of
Sheriffs in their offices, and restraining their ill practices within this
province. |
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Preamble. |
WHEREAS, by the said act it was, among other things,
enacted, that no sheriff or sub-sheriff within this province,
after the publication thereof in their several and respective
counties wherein they dwell, should take any bond, bill, or
other writing obligatory, of any person or persons, upon any
pretence whatsoever, without endorsing the account on the
back of the said bond, bill or writing obligatory, for which the
same was past, and that if any sheriff or sub-sheriff within
this province should, during the time that he remained in las
place or office, upon any pretence whatsoever, take any bond,
bill or writing obligatory, without endorsing the account on the
back side of the said bill, bond, or writing obligatory, as afore-
said, by which it might appear upon what consideration the
same was taken, the said bond, bill or writing obligatory, should
be void and of no effect, and the officer or officers that took the
same should lose his debt, and for ever be debarred of suing
any other action for the recovery of the same: And whereas it
is found by experience that the said provision hath been often
eluded by sheriffs and under-sheriffs, their taking promissory
notes and other written securities for fees by them illegally
charged, without endorsing on such notes the account for
which the sum mentioned in such notes became due, which
hath been understood not to be within the provision of the said
act above recited, to the great damage and injury of many of
the good people of this province; for remedy whereof, |
No sheriff
to take any
mortgage,
&c. |
SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the right honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, by and with the advice and consent of his lordship's
Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and
the authority of the same, That no sheriff or sub-sheriff within
this province, after the first day of February next, shall take
any mortgage, promissory note or inland bill of exchange what-
ever, of any person or persons, upon any pretence whatsoever,
without endorsing the account on such mortgage, promissory
note or bill of exchange, for which the same was passed ; and
if any sheriff or sub-sheriff within this province shall, after the
said first day of February next, during the time that he shall
remain in his said office, upon any pretence whatsoever, take
any mortgage, promissory note or inland bill of exchange,
without endorsing the account on such mortgage, note or bill of |
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