LAWS OF MARYLAND.—1748. 87.
rent money for every offence, one moiety thereof to the informer,
or to him or her that shall sue for the same, the other moiety to
he applied to the use of the school of the county wherein the
offence shall be committed, to be recovered in any court of
record in this province by action of debt, bill of indictment;
plaint or information, wherein no essoin, protection or wager of
law, or more than one imparlance, shall be allowed:' And
whereas several of the county clerks within this province, in
behalf of themselves and others of the said county clerks, have
humbly represented to this present General Assembly, that by
the above recited act, they, and all other the county clerks afore-
said, are laid under such hardships that it is not practicable for
them to execute that duty, inasmuch as a great part of their
business must of necessity be done in the winter season, and
that their dwellings are at some distance from their several and
respective court-houses; this present general assembly having
taken the said representation into consideration, and being well
satisfied of the truth of the facts mentioned therein, are willing
and desirous to remove the hardships complained of; |
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SEC. 2. Be it therefore enacted, by the right honourable the
Lord Proprietary, by and with the advice and consent of his
lordship's Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assem-
bly, and the authority of the same, That from and after the tenth
day of July next, it shall and may be lawful to and for the seve-
ral and respective county clerks within this province, to take,
remove, or carry out of their respective public offices, the last
recording book for judgments by them kept in their several and
respective, public offices, together with the four last courts dock-
ets and papers, next preceding the time of such taking out, and
the same to keep at their own houses, or any other place more
suitable to their conveniency within the county, for and during
such time as to them, or any of them, shall seem necessary,
without being liable to incur the penalty in the above recited
act mentioned, any thing therein contained to the contrary
thereof in anywise notwithstanding.
By September, 1770, ch. 10, the county clerks are directed to bring with
them, on every office day, the four last courts dockets and papers next pre-
ceding every such day of attendance, under the penalty of thirty shillings, |
Clerks may
remove cer-
tain books,
&c. |
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That the several and respective county clerks within this pro-
vince shall be and they are hereby obliged to attend at their
several and respective county court-houses one or more days in
every week, to be appointed and published by the several county
courts next after the commencement of this act, and to remain
there, either by themselves or deputy, from nine of the clock in
the forenoon until sunset, and then and there give all possible
despatch to the necessary business of such person or persons as |
And attend
at the court
houses, &c. |
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