LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1715. 13
and shall be liable to restore four-fold, and suffer such corporal
pains as against the first offence in this act mentioned. |
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SEC. 6. And, to prevent any person or persons concealing or
disfiguring the mark of any swine killed as aforesaid, Be if
further enacted, by the authority, advice and consent aforesaid,
That if any person or persons killing any such unmarked swine
in the woods, or elsewhere, and shall wilfully disfigure the
mark, or cut off the ears of such swine, so as to conceal the
true and real mark, or whether it were marked or not, shall be
deemed and adjudged a hog-stealer within the purview of this
act, and shall suffer accordingly. |
For con-
cealing
them, &c. |
SEC. 7. And, to prevent the abusing, hunting, or worrying of
any stock of hogs, cattle or horses, with dogs, or otherwise, Be
it enacted. That if any person or persons whatsoever, that have
been convicted of any of the crimes aforesaid, or other crimes,
or that shall be of evil fame, or a vagrant, or dissolute liver,
that shall shoot, kill or hunt, or be seen to carry a gun, upon
any person's land, whereon there shall be a seated plantation,
without the owner's leave, having been once before warned,
shall forfeit and pay one thousand pounds of tobacco, one-half
to our sovereign lord the king, his heirs and successors, the
other half to the party grieved, or those who shall sue for the
same, to be recovered in any county court of this province by
action of debt, bill, plaint or information, wherein no essoin,
protection or wager of law to be allowed. |
And on per-
sons con-
victed for
hunting, &c. |
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, by the authority, advice and
consent aforesaid. That from henceforth no sheriff, jailer, clerk,
crier, or other officer, shall charge either their own county to
which they belong, or the public, with any fees for any crimi-
nal committed to the charge of the said sheriff or jailer, having
sufficient estate in this province wherewith to pay the same, or
being capable to pay the same by servitude, but that such crimi-
nals, being discharged by order and due course of law, shall
pay their own fees to the sheriff, jailer, clerk and crier, and
other officers) being such as they may demand according to law,
either out of his estate, or by servitude, or otherwise.
Repealed by 1834, ch. 286, as to those who shall be acquitted, dis-
charged or bailed. |
Criminals
to pay their
own fees. |
SEC. 9. Provided always. That this act shall not extend to
malefactors that are executed, or to such other persons who are
banished, having no estate in this province, or to servants crimi-
nals, for whom the county shall pay such fees as are due by
the acts of assembly to the sheriff, jailer, clerk, crier, or other
officers of such court where such criminal shall be convicted. |
Proviso. |
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That all officers' fees due by law from criminal servants, shall
be paid by the county where the facts shall be committed; and |
Officers'
fees, how to
be paid. |
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