JURORS.

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the Residences of many Who are summoned as jurors, and be

cause of their being compelled, from the present state of things

to remain unpaid for their services for the space of from nine tc

eighteen months, or otherwise to barter their certificates at a

considerable discount; therefore,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

, Levy di-

That the commissioners of Allegany county be, and they are

rected in
' advance.

hereby authorized and required to levy on the assessable pro-

perty of said county, at the usual time of making the county

levy, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three, (indepen-

dently of the sum which, by the existing laws, they are autho-

rized and required to levy for the payment of jurors, who

Besides the

served as such, at the October term, in eighteen hundred and

usual levy.

thirty-two, of the county court of the county aforesaid, and

who may serve as such, at April term of said court, in eighteen

hundred and thirty-three,) such sum of money as the said com-

missioners may deem sufficient to defray the expenses which

may be incurred by the attendance of jurors at the Octobei

•

term of said court, in the year last aforesaid, and at the April

term of said court, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

Annually

said commissioners to levy as aforesaid, in the year eighteen

hereafter.

hundred and thirty-four, and annually thereafter, such sum of

money as they may deem sufficient to pay the expenses and

charge which may be, for the then succeeding October and

April terms of the court aforesaid, incurred by and on account

of the attendance of jurors summoned to the county court oi

Allegany county aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That such sum of money so

Applied to

levied, and when collected, shall be paid over by the collector

payment of
jurors.

of the county aforesaid, to the clerk of said county court, at

October and April terms, in each and every year; and when so

paid over, it shall be the duty of the said clerk to give bond,

with sufficient security, to be approved by commissioners of

said county, for the proper disbursement and payment of the

same, to the respective claimants as jurors, as may be specified

in their respective certificates, when presented for payment.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said clerk shall annually

Settle

settle and account with the commissioners for the proper ap-

accounts.

plication of said money, when so levied, collected, and paid

over as aforesaid ; and if after defraying the expenses as afore-

said, there shall be a surplus remaining, such surplus shall be

Application

considered as belonging to the contingent fund for paying said

of surplus.

jurors.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of said

Compensa-

county shall, annually, in their settlement with the clerk afore-

tion to clerk

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