1801. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
applied for at the same time, twelve and an half cents; venire
to summon freeholders, twenty cents; capias as satisfaciendum,
twelve and an half cents; fieri facias, twelve and an half cents;
scire
facias, twelve and an half cents; recognizance for defendant's appearance,
twelve and an half cents; every oath or affidavit, six cents; probat
of account, six cents; every judgment rendered, twelve and an half
cents; commitment, twelve and an half cents; releasement, twelve
and an half cents; warrant of attachment, twenty-five cents; attendance
on valuation of orphans estates, per day two dollars; return
thereon, seventy-five cents; venire to summon a jury in a forcible
entry and detainer, seventy-five cents; taking inquisition and return
thereon, four dollars; warrant of restitution, seventy-five cents;
taking acknowledgment of any deed, each justice twenty-five cents,
including all the persons acknowledging at the same time; taking
any other acknowledgment, twelve and an half cents; taking appeal
bond, twenty-five cents; taking a bail-piece to the general or county
courts, twenty-five cents; a pass, twenty-five cents; certificate of
justice twenty-five cents; probat of county clerk's bond, each justice
twenty-five cents.
See November 1809, ch. 76, s. 7. |
Justices to write
probats when required. |
31. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the
duty of all and
every justice of the peace to write and prepare all probats, affidavits,
supersedeas, and other instruments to be executed by them in
virtue of this law, when required, except in cases of acknowledgment
of deeds. |
And take an oath
before they act. |
32. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every justice
of the peace, or
associate justice, before he acts as such, shall take an oath, that
he
will not, directly or indirectly, receive any greater fee or reward
for any thing in his office as justice of the peace than what is allowed
by this act; and if any associate justice, or justice of the peace,
by colour of his office, shall receive any fee or reward for any service
not specified in this act, or if any associate justice, or justice
of the peace, shall receive any greater fee or reward for any service
mentioned in this act than is hereby allowed, he shall forfeit one
hundred dollars for every such offence, but such justice shall not be
liable to prosecution after twelve months from the time of the offence
committed. |
Proceedings relative
to causes to be
returned to courts
constituted by this
act. |
33. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all causes, pleas,
process and
proceedings, relative to any cause, civil or criminal, which shall
be returnable to, or depending before, the several county courts of
this state, when this act shall commence, shall be returned to the
several county courts constituted by this act, at the time herein before
appointed for the holding of each court, and shall be heard,
tried and determined therein, in the same manner as if no change
had been made in the said courts; and all writs issuing out of any
of the said county courts shall be tested in the name of the chief
justice, and in case of his death, resignation or disqualification,
before a new appointment, in the name of the associate judge first
named in the commission, and all writs shall be returnable on the
days appointed by this act. |
Commitments for
felonies to be returned
to justices. |
34. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all commitments
and recognizances
for all felonies, crimes, offences, or misdemeanours, committed |
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