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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1813.

executor
sot to eiact
more than
one-half
poundage
fees.

virtue of any writ of fieri facias as aforesaid, his executor or
administrator shall not charge, exact or receive, more than one
half of the poundage fees allowed by law ; and that the sheriff
or coroner who shall make sale of any such goods or chattels,
lands or tenements, under and in virtue of a writ of venditioni
exponas to him directed and delivered for that purpose as here-
in before mentioned, shall not charge, exact or receive, more
than one half of the poundage fees as aforesaid.

Sheriff, &c.
dying be-
fore return
day of writ,
plaintiff
may pro-
cure a du-
plicate, &c.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That in case any sheriff, coroner
or elisor, shall seize and take into his hands or possession any
goods or chattels, lands or tenements, under and in virtue of
any writ of fieri facias to him directed and delivered for that
purpose, and such sheriff, coroner or elisor, shall die before the
return day of such writ of fieri facias, or without having made
any return of such writ, then and in every such case the plain-
tiff or plaintiffs in any such writ, or his, her or their representa-
tive or attorney at law, shall and may, if before the return day
of such writ, obtain a duplicate thereof, or if after the return day,
obtain a new writ directed to the then sheriff, or to some one of
the coroners of the county, (as the case may require,) and such
sheriff or coroner may, under such duplicate or new writ, and
he hereby is authorized and empowered, to seize and take into
his hands or possession the same property, whether real or per-
sonal, which may have been taken by the sheriff, coroner or
elisor so dying, and there shall be the same proceedings thereon

Proviso.

as in other cases of fieri facias ; Provided nevertheless, that the
executors or administrators of the sheriff, coroner or elisor, so
dying, shall not charge, exact or receive, any poundage or other
fees for services performed under any such fieri facias by the
sheriff, coroner or elisor so dying.

Legal
notice of
sales.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That the due and legal notice
required to be given by any sheriff, coroner or elisor, of the sale
of any goods or chattels, lands or tenements, hereafter to be
made by and under any writ of fieri facias or venditioni
exponas, shall, in the case of the sale of goods or chattels, be
by advertisement set up at least ten days before the day of sale
at the court-house door of the county, and at least at two other
public places most convenient to such goods or chattels; and in
the case of the sale of negro slaves, such advertisement shall
also, be published before the day of sale in some newspaper
having circulation in the county; and in the case of the sale
of lands or tenements, notice thereof shall be given by adver-
tisement set up at least twenty days before the day of sale at
the court-house door of the county, and at other public places
in the county in which the lands or tenements shall lie, and
also published before the day of sale in some newspaper having
a general circulation in the county.