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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1791.

costs have been demanded by the plaintiff, his agent or attorney,
of the said sheriff, and that he hath refused or neglected to pay
the same.

And may
have reme-
dy against
defendant,
&c.

SEO. 13. And be it enacted. That if any sheriff, against whom
judgment shall be entered as aforesaid, shall satisfy the plaintiff
the amount of his debt and costs, he shall have the same remedy
against the defendant on the plaintiff's judgment against him,
as the plaintiff himself might originally have had.

Justice may
issue execu-
tion for
fines, &c.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That any justice, imposing any
fine by virtue of this act, may issue execution for the same, in
the nature of capias ad satisfaciendum or fieri facias, directed
to the sheriff, or coroner, as the case may require, and the same
shall be applied towards defraying the county charges.
SEC, 15. Merged in 1824, ch. 140, sec. 4.
SEC. 16. Merged in 1831, ch. 274.
Continued by 1798 to 1805, and from thence by the annual continuing acts.

CHAPTER 76.

*Feb. 1777,
ch. 8.

AN additional SUPPLEMENTARY ACT to the act,* entitled, an act to
establish Orphans Courts in the several counties of this State.
Merged in 1798, ch. 101,

CHAPTER 78.
AN ACT respecting the equity jurisdiction of the County Courts.
Supplement, 1792, ch. 63; see 1814, ch. 94 j 1815, ch. 163; and their
several supplements; see 1785, ch. 72, and the notes, ante page 208

Court to
have origi-
nal equity
jurisdiction,
&c.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in
all cases where the matter or thing in dispute shall not exceed
the sum of one hundred pounds current money, or ten thou-
sand pounds of tobacco, the justices of the county court
where the defendant resides may and shall have and exercise,
and they are hereby invested with, an original equity jurisdic-
tion, as fully and amply as the chancellor may or doth possess
and exercise in any case within the jurisdiction of the chancery
court, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

And deter-
mine before
or after
judgment,
&c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all actions in the county
court, where the matter or thing in dispute shall not exceed
the sum of one hundred pounds current money, or ten thousand
pounds of tobacco, the justices of the county court where such
action shall be brought may and shall, at the prayer of either
plaintiff or defendant, either before or after judgment or verdict
of a jury at common law, hear and determine the same according
to the rules of equity and good conscience, as fully and amply as
the chancellor might do in any case within the jurisdiction of
chancery court.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall
extend, or be construed to extend, so as to limit, abridge or