| 1811.
CHAP. 152. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
determined his acts as sheriff from the first of January
eighteen hundred and eleven, not to be valid: And whereas the
said Joseph Ennalls made a contract on the ninth of June eighteen
hundred and ten, with the officers and attornies, to collect their
fees, which period was after the time limited by law, and of course
the said Joseph Ennalls had no power to collect the fees aforesaid,
therefore, |
His acts after a
certain date to the
valid under a certain
provision.
Proviso. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
all the acts which Joseph Ennalls, late sheriff of Dorchester county,
did after the first day of January eighteen hundred and eleven,
shall be as valid to all intents and purposes, as if he had given the
second bond at any time between the eighth day of October eighteen
hundred and ten, and the first day of January eighteen hundred
and eleven, except those proceedings which the county court
of Dorchester county have already set aside; Provided always,
that in all such excepted cases the said Joseph Ennalls shall be no
otherwise responsible than if he had given bond according to law,
and his acts had been held valid by said court. |
Not to be entitled
to fees for business
done during time
aforesaid. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said Joseph
Ennalls shall
not be entitled to ask for and receive any fees for any business
done by him as sheriff during the time as aforesaid, so as aforesaid
determined by the court not to be sheriff. |
To give bond before
he can be entitled
to benefit of
this act. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That before the said
Joseph Ennalls
shall be entitled to the benefit of any provisions in this act, he
shall give bond with security to be approved by the justices of the
orphans court of sid county, or any two of them, to the state of
Maryland, in the penalty of five thousand dollars, for the faithful
payment of the several officers and attornies who have put fees in
his hands. |
Officers & others
shall receive a second
insolvent list
and make certain
deductions. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That after the bond
shall be given under
the provisions of this act, the officers, attornies or other persons,
(as the case may be,) shall receive a second insolvent list
from the aforesaid Joseph Ennalls, and agreeable to the amount of
such list exhibited to the attorney, officer or other person, on or
before the first day of March eighteen hundred and thirteen as
aforesaid, they to whom such list shall be presented under this act
shall be obliged to make a deduction agreeable to the amount of
such list, out of the balance of such claims as now exist in favour
of any attorney, officer or other person, against the aforesaid Joseph
Ennalls, for fees put in his hands for collection in the year
eighteen hundred and ten. |
To have power to
collect fees put into
his hands before
10th June 1810, by
execution. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said Joseph
Ennalls shall
have full power and authority to collect by execution all fees
which had been put into his hands for collection by the said officers
and attornies on or before the tenth day of June eighteen hundred
and ten. |
When power of
execution shall cease. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the power of executing
under the
provisions of this act shall be operative until the first day of January
eighteen hundred and thirteen, any law, usage or custom, to
the contrary notwithstanding. |
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