134 LAWS OF MARYLAND.--1777.
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marriage licenses is thereby repealed after the 1st of May, 1798. By the
said act the time of returning the lists of licenses is altered, and the penalty
of one hundred pounds is discontinued. |
Chancellor
to deter-
mine, &c. |
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the chancellor shall and
may hear and determine all causes for alimony, in as full and
ample manner as such causes could be heard and determined
by the laws of England in the ecclesiastical courts there. |
General
court may
inquire, &c |
SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That the general court may in-
quire into, hear and determine, either on indictment or petition
of either of the parties, the validity of any marriage, and may
declare any marriage, contrary to the table in this act, or any
second marriage, the first subsisting, null and void; and on ap-
peal the depositions and evidence given in the cause shall be
transmitted with the record to the court of appeals, and there-
upon such cause shall be heard, determined and adjudged
de novo.
See 1805, ch. 65.
CHAPTER 13.
An ACT for the more speedy and effectual recovery of common law
fines, and forfeited recognizances.
See ante 129, 1777, ch. 6, and the notes thereto. |
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Preamble. |
WHEREAS the public administration of justice has been
greatly impeded by the many forfeitures of recognizances
taken for the appearance of offenders, and witnesses against
them, and the irregular collection of the stipulated sums
thereon due, and also of the common law fines imposed on
public delinquents; |
Attorney-
general to
order writs,
&c. |
SEC. 2. Be it therefore enacted, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That from and after the first day of June next,
whenever any recognizance, taken for the appearance of any
person or persons to answer, or of any person or persons to
testify, shall be forfeited in any court of record, or where any
fine or fines shall, after the said first day of June next, be im-
posed by any court of record for any common law offence, on
any person or persons, it shall and may be lawful for the attor-
ney-general, or either of his deputies, to order a writ or writs of
capias ad satisfacienduin, or a writ or writs of fieri facias, to be
issued for the recovery of the sum or sums thereon due, on
which writ or writs such proceeding shall and may be had, as
in cases where similar writs are issued on judgments obtained
in personal suits.
By 1795, ch. 74, the attorney-general or his deputies are directed, on the
application of the sheriffs, to order a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum for
the recovery of all fines, &c. with the costs.
SEC. 3. Repealed by 1791, ch. 63, and 1795, ch. 54. |
Clerk to
deliver lists
yearly, &c. |
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the general
court and of each county court, shall, on or before the fifteenth |
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