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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1807.

plaintiffs at whose suit such capias ad satisfaciendum issued,
shall have and exercise the same remedy for the recovery of
such money from the said sheriff, coroner or constable, and
their securities respectively, that such plaintiff or plaintiffs now
have and may use for the recovery of money received by the
said sheriff, coroner or constable, respectively, on writs of fieri
facias.

CHAPTER 124.

AN ACT to continue certain Acts of Assembly.

Acts con-
tinued.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all and every act or acts of assembly which are limited by law
to continue to the end of the present session of assembly, or
which would expire during the same, or before the end of the
next general assembly, be and they are hereby severally con-
tinued until the thirty-first day of October next, and until
the end of the next session of assembly, unless such as are
repugnant to, or inconsistent with, any law which may have
passed during the present session of assembly, and subject to
any alterations which may have been made therein.

CHAPTER 129.

AN ACT investing the Justices of the Levy Courts of the several counties
in this state with further powers.
See 1800, ch. 85, ante page 434; and Nov. 1812, ch. 191.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this general assembly, by
sundry inhabitants of the state, that errors have been com-
mitted by assessors, in consequence whereof many citizens
have been compelled to pay twice on the same property ; there-
fore,

Levy courts
authorized,
when satis-
fied that
any error
has arisen
by assessing
property,
to correct
such error.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be
lawful for the levy courts in the several counties of this state,
and they are hereby authorized and empowered, when they
shall be satisfied that any error has arisen by assessing property
not liable to be assessed by any assessor, or in any other way,
to rectify such errors, and to levy and assess, in the same man-
ner as other county charges, any sum of money which any
person may have been charged with and paid in consequence
of any such error, and to pay the said sum of money, so as-
sessed, to the person, or his order, for whom the same was
levied.