LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1835.

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ought not to be paid, or that the said defendant was not indebted
to the said plaintiff at the time of issuing said attachment; and

the snid condemnation shall be a good bar, and so pleadable, to
any suit or action brought against the garnishee or garnishees.

Bar in
action

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That on all judgments of the said
district court, the party in whose favour the same may be ren-
dered, shall on application to any one of the justices thereof,
have process or execution thereon for obtaining the satisfaction
of such judgments, and it shall be lawful for any one of the

Proceedings
judgments,

said district justices to issue a fieri facias or capias ad satisfa-
ciendum upon such judgments, returnable to the said district
court, in the same manner and form as now legally used and
practised by a single justice of the peace in cases within his
jurisdiction, and all process or precepts of whatsoever kind,

Fi. fa.
capias

except executions for fines, penalties and forfeitures, so to be
issued by the said district justice, or district court, shall be di-
rected to and served and executed by the sheriff of the county,
or some constable residing within the election district in which
the said district court is held.

Directed to
sheriff or

constable
residing in
district

SEC. 16. And be it enacted. That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the said district justices from act-

ing as justices of the peace out of court, within their respective
counties, for which purpose they shall keep a separate docket,
as is now required to be kept by single justices of the peace,
and shall be entitled to the same fees for his services, and for

all services by the said district justices, as such respectively
performed out of court, and for all services by each of the dis-
trict courts respectively performed, they shall respectively have,
charge and be entitled to receive the same fees which a single
justice of the peace now has for the like or similar services

Judge to
act as jus-

tice of

peace out of
court
docket.
Compensa-

tion for

services,

where the demand, in controversy, does not exceed fifty dollars,
and in all cases where the demand in controversy exceeds the

Under $50.

sum of fifty dollars, they shall respectively charge, have and
be entitled to receive the following fees, to wit: for writing pro-
bate, six cents; each oath or affirmation, six cents; issuing
warrant and making docket entry, twenty-five cents; issuing
summons, including all the witnesses applied for at the same
time, twenty-five cents; rendering judgment on all trial cases,
fifty cents; entering judgment by confession, twenty-five cents;
entering continuance, twelve and a half cents, to be paid by the
party applying for the same ; Provided, objection shall be made
by the opposite party ; taking supersedeas, twelve and a half
cents; filing and entering supersedeas, if taken by other jus-
tices of the peace, twelve and a half cents ; search or transcript
from docket, twelve and a half cents ; taking recognizance,
twenty-five cents; issuing writ of replevin, twenty-five cents;
issuing writ of attachment, twenty-five cents ; issuing execu-

If over $50,
fees.