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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1813.

under the seal of the authority granting the same, shall be suffi-
cient evidence to prove the granting thereof, and that the person
or persons, as the case may be, hath or have administration.

CHAPTER 170.

AN ACT to ascertain the allowance to Sheriffs for performing the duties
required of them respecting Elections.
See 1805, ch. 97, ante page 513, and notes thereto.

Sheriff's
allowance.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the sheriffs in the several counties of this state shall
respectively be allowed the sum of twelve dollars for each and
every election held in such county for performing all such
duties as they are by law required to perform relative to such

Proviso.

elections ; Provided, that when two or more of said elections
shall be held on the same day, that the sheriff shall not be enti-
tled to receive more than twelve dollars for such elections.

To be

annually
levied.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the respective levy courts in
the several counties of this state be and they are hereby autho-
rized and directed, to levy the same annually at the time of
laying the county levy, which shall be collected and paid as
other county charges are.

Sheriffs
not having
received
compensa-
tion to be
allowed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That where any sheriff has here-
tofore performed the duties required of him respecting elections,
and has not received any compensation for the same, that the
levy court of such county be and are authorized and directed to
make the same allowance, which shall be levied, collected and
paid, in the same manner as is herein directed to be allowed for
future elections.

Former
acts
repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the laws heretofore passed
making allowance to sheriffs for holding elections be and is
hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 175.

AN ACT declaratory of the Law on returns to Writs of Habeas Corpus,
and for the better protection of the liberty of the citizen.
See notes to 1809, ch. 125, ante page 568.

Illegal con-
finement —
Remedy.

SEC. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it is of right, and shall in all cases be competent for the
party complaining of illegal detention or confinement, in whose
behalf a writ of habeas corpus hath been issued by the proper
court, chancellor, chief justice or other judge, already author-
ized by law to issue the same, either during the sitting of the
court, or in vacation time, on return of said writ made by the
officer or other person to whom it hath been directed, to con-
trovert by himself, or his counsel, the truth of such return, or
to plead any mutter repugnant thereto, or to avoid the effect
thereof, whereby it may appear from the circumstances to be