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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the governor and council
shall, from time to time, cause blank marriage licenses to be
printed and delivered to the said respective treasurers, so as to
keep them provided with a sufficient number for the use of the
several counties of this state in every year hereafter.
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Blank
licenses to
be printed,
&c.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That from and after the said first
day of May next, so much of the act,* entitled, an act concerning
marriages, as directs a different mode of granting and account-
ing for marriage licenses, be and the same is hereby repealed ;
provided nevertheless, that until the said day the respective
clerks shall issue licenses of marriage in the manner directed
by the said act, and shall then account to the respective treasu-
rers for all licenses by them granted before the said day, and
since their last returns.
CHAPTER 43.
AN ACT for the speedy recovery of moneys levied or received by Sheriffs
and Collectors.
See 1818, ch. 193, sec. 6.
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Part of an
act repealed
&c.
*1777, ch.
12.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in
all and every case where the sheriff or collector of any county
within this state shall hereafter levy, and collect or receive, or
ought to levy and collect, any sum or sums of money or tobacco
for the use of any person or persons whatsoever, and shall refuse
or neglect to pay over the same to the person or persons, or to
the order of the person or persons, entitled or authorized to
receive the same, by the time required by law, it shall and may
be lawful, and the several county courts or general court, as the
case may be, are hereby required, upon motion made on behalf
of the person or persons entitled or authorized to receive the
money or tobacco levied and collected as aforesaid, or which
ought to be levied and collected as aforesaid, and on producing
to the court before whom such motion shall be made, a stated
account of the demand, supported by such affidavit or voucher
as the court shall reasonably require, to order a judgment to be
entered, and an immediate execution to issue thereon, against
the person or property of such sheriff or collector, to levy and
compel the payment of such sum of money or tobacco so due
and payable ; provided, that a copy of the demand, and notice
of such intended motion, be delivered in writing to such sheriff
or collector, or left at his last place of abode, for the space of
twenty days previous to the sitting of the court at which such
application shall be intended, and that proof thereof be made to
the satisfaction of the court ; and provided also, that if such
sheriff or collector shall, in person or by attorney, controvert
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Judgment
may be
entered
against any
sheriff, &c.
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