LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1769. 119
exchange, by which it may appear for what consideration the
same was taken, the said mortgage, note or bill of exchange,
shall be void and of no effect, and the officer or officers that
took the same, and his and their assigns, shall lose the said
debt, and for ever be debarred from any other action for the
recovery of the same, any law, usage or custom to the contrary
notwithstanding. |
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That whensoever any
sheriff or sub-sheriff aforesaid shall, after the said first day of
February next, take any bond, bill or writing obligatory, or any
mortgage, promissory note or inland bill of exchange, he shall
deliver to his debtor, if he shall require the same, under the
hand of him the said sheriff or sub-sheriff, a fair account of the
consideration for which such bond, bill or other writing obliga-
tory, promissory note or bill of exchange, shall be taken, and if
any sheriff or sub-sheriff aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to do
the same, he shall forfeit and pay to the party injured the value
of the sum for which such bond, bill or writing obligatory,
mortgage, promissory note or bill of exchange, shall be taken,
to be recovered by action of debt, or on the case, in any court
that shall have jurisdiction of such sum, with double costs of
suit. |
On taking
bond, &c.
to deliver
an account,
&c. |
SEC, 4. And be it also enacted, That when and as often as
any sheriff or sub-sheriff aforesaid shall, after the said first day
of February next, take or receive of or from any person or per-
sons whatsoever, any fee or fees which shall be claimed to be
due to such sheriff by virtue of his said office, such sheriff or
under-sheriff shall, and he is hereby required, to deliver to such
person or persons who shall demand the same, a fair account,
in words at length, of the services for which such fee or fees
became due, and give the said person from whom he shall
receive the same fee or fees a receipt in writing therefor, and if
any sheriff or sub-sheriff shall neglect or refuse so to do, he
shall forfeit and pay to the party grieved the sum so taken and
received, to be recovered as aforesaid, with double costs of suit.
CHAPTER 18. |
An account
of fees to be
rendered,
&c. |
A SUPPLEMENTARY ACT to the act, entitled, *An act ascertaining the
height of fences, to prevent the evil occasioned by the multitude of
horses, and restraining horse rangers within this province, and to redress
the great evil accruing to this province by the multiplicity of useless
horses, mares and colts, that run in the woods. |
* 1715, ch.
31. |
WHEREAS it is enacted by the above recited act, that when-
ever any horse, mare or gelding, shall break into any cornfield
or other enclosure, and the owner be not known, that then and
in alt such cases it shall and may be lawful for the party grieved
to take up such horse, mare or gelding, so trespassing, and the |
Preamble. |
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