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the river aforesaid, by which the young shad may be taken,
destroyed, or obstructed from coming down the said river, every
such person or persons so offending contrary to the true intent
and meaning of this act, being legally convicted thereof by the
oath of one or more creditable witness or witnesses, or by his
or their confession, shall forfeit and pay the sum of sixty dollars
for every such offence, one moiety of which sum so forfeited to
be paid to the informer or prosecutor, and the other moiety
thereof to be paid to the sheriff of the county where the recove-
ry shall be had, to be by him accounted for to the justices of the
levy court of such county, and by them applied towards defray-
ing the county charges.
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Parts of an
act repealed
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all such parts of the act to
which this is a supplement, as are inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this act, be and are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER 102.
AN ACT relating to Sheriffs, and for other purposes.
Other laws, 1816, ch. 129; 1823, ch. 180; 1825, ch. 180; 1829, ch. 39,
158; 1831, ch. 41, 290; 1832, ch. 307; 1833, ch. 92; 1834, ch. 29.
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Goods, &c.
taken in
execution
and remain-
ing unsold
at the death
of a sheriff,
&c. court
authorized
to issue
writ of
venditioni
exponas,
&c.
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SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That if any sheriff, coroner .or elisor, hath taken or shall take
into execution any goods or chattels, lands or tenements, under
and in virtue of any writ of fieri facias sued out of any court of
law in this state, and hath returned, or shall return such writ to
the court from whence it issued, stating that the said goods or
chattels, lands or tenements, remain in his hands or possession
unsold for want of buyers, or hath returned, or shall return,
that the same remain unsold by reason of any other legal im-
pediment, and such sheriff, coroner or elisor, hath died or shall
die without having made sale of the goods or chattels, lands or
tenements, so taken in execution in virtue of any writ of fieri
facias, it shall and may be lawful for the court out of which
such writ of fieri facias hath issued or may issue, and such
court is hereby authorized and required, on motion, to order and
direct a writ of venditioni exponas to be issued, directed to the
sheriff, or some one of the coroners (as the case may require,)
of the county wherein the goods or chattels, lands or tenements,
so taken in execution as aforesaid may be or lie, and such writ
of venditioni exponas shall accordingly issue, reciting in a
special manner the circumstances of the case ; and the sheriff or
coroner to whom any such writ of venditioni exponas shall be
directed and delivered, shall seize and take, and he is hereby
authorized and empowered to seize and take into his possession,
the goods or chattels, lands or tenements, mentioned and set
forth in such writ of venditioni exponas, in whosoever hands
or possession the same may be found, and shall proceed, after
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