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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the expense of postage in-
curred by the said respective cleric and registers, and a reasonable
compensation for their services in the performance of the duties
required by this act, shall be allowed to them by the levy courts
of their respective counties; and the letters and covers, relating
to such writs or other process, and to such certificates, shall be
produced to the levy courts, and be considered by them as the
evidence of such expense, and of the services necessary to have
been rendered in receiving, delivering and certifying, the pro-
cess which may have been contained therein.
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Expense of
postage to
be allowed
by levy
court.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That every clerk or register who
shall neglect or delay to perform the several duties hereby re-
quired, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty dollars
for every refusal or neglect, to be recovered by bill of indict-
ment in the proper court of the county in which he shall
officiate, and to be applied to the use of this state.
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Penalty for
neglect.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if any sheriff, coroner, or
other officer, to whom any such writ or other process shall be
directed and so delivered, shall neglect or delay to sertfe the
same, and to make a due return thereof to the court to which
the same shall be returnable, on or before the second day of the
session of such court, such neglect or delay shall be considered
and adjudged a contempt of the court, and such sheriff, coroner,
or other officer, shall for such contempt forfeit and pay a fine
not exceeding fifty dollars; and such court shall cause due
entry to be made on the record of their proceedings of the issu-
ing, transmitting, and delivery, of any such writ or other pro-
cess, and of the neglect or delay of such officer to make due
return thereof, and of the adjudication of such neglect, as a
contempt of the court, and of the fine imposed upon such officer
in consequence thereof; and such court shall thereupon order a
transcript of such entry to be transmitted to the justices of the
county court of the county wherein such sheriff, coroner, or
other officer, shall reside ; and the justices of the same county
court, to whom the said transcript shall be transmitted, or any
one or more of them, shall forthwith cause such sheriff, coro-
ner, or other officer, to appear before them, or otherwise to be
brought before them by process of attachment, and require him
to pay the said fine, or commit him to the prison of their county
until the payment thereof, and of the fees lawfully accruing by
such proceeding ; and such fine shall be paid to the clerk of
such court, and accounted for by him to the treasurer of his
respective shore, in like manner as other sums of money received
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—— On
sheriffs and
others, for
neglect in
not serving
writ, &c.
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