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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

nually thereafter, to levy for the use of the Crier
of the said Court, on the assessable property in
said county, one hundred dollars, which shall be
in lieu of all other allowance or compensation
whatever, and the same shall be collected and paid
over as other public charges are collected and paid
in the said county.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the day of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870.

CHAPTER 329.

AN ACT to repeal Section two, of Article forty-
nine, of the Code of Public General Laws, title,
Joint Obligations and Joint Tenancy, and re-
enact the same with amendments.

Repealed and
re-enacted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Section two, of Article forty-
nine, of the Code of Public General Laws, title,
Joint Obligations and Joint Tenancy, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

Not more than
one suit.

Sec. 2. No person shall institute more than one
suit on a joint and several bond, promissory note,
penal or single hill, when the persons executing
the same are alive and reside in the same county,
and if more suits than one be instituted on any
such hond, promissory note, penal or single bill,
judgments of non pros, shall be entered against the
plaintiff in such suits.

In force.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870.