130 LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1777.
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shall, on the receipt thereof, pay one-half to the informer, and
the other half to the sheriff of his county, who shall pay the
same to the treasurer of his shore for the use of this state; and
if the fine, penalty or forfeiture, shall be recovered by indict-
ment, the court before whom such recovery shall happen, shall
either commit the offender to the public gaol till payment to the
sheriff, or may order execution to levy the same, with the costs
of the execution, on the offender's lands, goods or chattels, and
the sheriff receiving or collecting the same, shall pay the same
to the treasurer of his shore where such recovery shall happen,
for the use of this state; and if recovered by action of debt, the
same shall be paid by the sheriff receiving or collecting the
same, one half thereof, with the costs, to the informer, and the
other half to the treasurer of the shore where recovered, for the
use of this state ; and no prosecution or suit shall be commenced
for any fine, penalty or forfeiture, unless within one year from
the time of the offence committed.
See 1795, ch. 74, for the more speedy and effectual recovery of fines, &c.
By 1829, ch. 11, it is the duty of the clerk to tax the costs and receive
them, and the fine if tendered, and pay them over to the sheriff.
By 1829, ch. 11, no execution to issue on fines imposed in a court of law
for sixty days, if the parly fined will give security for the payment thereof in
the usual manner. By 1830, ch. 60, a parly fined may in certain cases,
upon proof of inability to pay, be discharged from confinement.
SEC. 2. By 1825, ch. 195, all laws, relating to amerciaments accruing
in the trial of causes are abolished and a tax is to be paid in lieu thereof.
CHAPTER 8.
AN ACT to establish Orphans Courts in the several counties of this state.
This law is merged in 1798, ch. 101, save sec. 19. |
Register of
P. George's
to have the
care of re-
cords, &c. |
SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the register of wills for
Prince George's county, shall for the present have the care and
custody of the records of the prerogative office, and on applica-
tion make searches and give out copies of said records; and
that it shall and may be lawful for the governor, with the
advice and consent of the council, to cause the said records to
be removed to any other county, and when so removed, the
register of such county where removed shall have the custody
of said records, and on application make searches and give out
copies thereof.
CHAPTER 12.
AN ACT concerning Marriages.
See 1785, ch. 35; 1790, ch. 20. |
Certain
marriages
to be void. |
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That if
any person within this state shall hereafter marry with any per-
son related within any of the degrees of kindred or affinity
expressed in the following table, such marriage shall be void. |
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