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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1800.

their permit

&c.

tioned, for their license or permit, and upon his or their refusal
to produce the same, the said constable shall give information
immediately to some one of the justices of the peace, under the
penalty of ten dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the
peace as other small debts are recovered.
See 1784, ch. 7, sec, 7, 11 ; ch. 37, sec. 24, 28.

Fines to be
applied to-
wards pay-
ing county
charges.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all fines imposed by this act
shall be paid to the clerk of the county, who shall account for
the same with the levy court thereof, to be applied towards
paying the county charges.

CHAPTER 41.

* 1805, ch.
65.

AN ACT supplementary to an ACT,* entitled, an Act to provide for the
Organization and Regulation of the Courts of Common Law in this
State, and for the Administration of Justice therein.
See note to 1804, ch. 55, ante page 490.

No action
commenced
to continue
longer than
end of first
court after
imparlance
court.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That no action commenced or to be commenced, shall continue
longer than the end of the first court after the imparlance court,
unless with consent of parties, at the discretion of the court, or
for such cause as the law heretofore allowed for granting a con-
tinuance beyond the time limited herein appearing to the satis-

Proviso.

faction of the court ; Provided, that such actions as have been
transferred from the general court to the county courts, by the
act to provide for the organization and regulation of the courts
of common law in this state, and for the administration of jus-
tice therein, shall continue in the same manner, for the same
time, and under the same circumstances, as they might have
continued in the general court.

Court to
determine
in certain
cases, on
merits of
case.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That where any writ of error has
been or may be brought, or exception taken, in any action
transmitted from the late general court to any county court,
under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement,
the court of appeals shall determine thereon upon the points
prising out of the real merits of the case, and not upon the legal
form of the record, nor shall the judgment which may be in
such cases entered, or the opinion given in the county court, be
reversed for the want of legal form in such record.
See ch. 90, sec. 10, and November, 1809, ch. 153.

Sections
declared
void.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the fortieth and forty-sixth
sections of the act to which this is a supplement are hereby
declared null and void.
SEC. 4. Confirmatory of executions issued from the late general court
and court of appeals,

Fees, how
to be
charged.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all fees which may accrue to
any attorney, clerk, sheriff, surveyor, or other officer of any of
the courts of this state, after the first day of June next, shall be