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ALLEGANY COUNTY.

FREE NEGROES.

The ace of 1823, ch. 161, is merged in the act of 1831, ch. 323, ante

page 1068.

HERDSMEN.

See 'Cattle,' ante page 1311.

JURORS.

1797,ch.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, an Act to ascertain the Allowance

94.

of Jurymen and Witnesses of the General and the several County and

Orphans Courts in this State. — 1798, ch. 5.

Allowance

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

to jurors in

there shall be allowed to each grand and petit juryman attend-

Allegany
county.

ing the county courts, and each petit juryman attending the

orphans courts, in Aliegany county, in this state, the sum of

one dollar and fifty cents for each and every day such grand

and petit juryman shall attend for the discharge of his duty as

such, to be allowed, assessed and levied, in Allegany county,

in the same manner as allowances to jurymen are assessed and

levied in the different counties of this state, any law, usage or

custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Duration.

SEC. 2. This act to be and continue in force as long as the

law to which this is a supplement, and no longer.

AN ACT for the better payment of Jurors in Frederick and Allegany

Counties.— 1816, ch. 46.

Jurors

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

allowed
itinerant
charges.

each and every juror summoned on the regular panel of jurors
to Frederick and Allegany county courts, who shall reside more

than five miles from the place of holding the said court, shall in

addition to the per diem allowed hirn by law, be entitled to an

allowance of twelve and a half cents for every mile, excluding

the first five miles, that his place of residence shall be distant

from the place of holding the county court of each county, to

be allowed him in going to, and returning from, the court, and

to be levied, collected and paid, in the same manner, and at the

Proviso.

same time, with his per diem allowance ; Provided, that the

said itinerant charges shall be allowed to each of the said jurors

only for once coming to, and once returning from, the said

court, at any one term.

AN ACT to provide for the payment of Jurors in Allegany County.

1832, ch.271.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the present mode of compensating jurors in and

for Allegany county, is greatly incompatible with the public

interest and welfare, as well as oppressive to individuals, be-

cause of the distance of Cumberland, the county town, from