| 1817.
CHAP. 148. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
city council shall recover judgment in Baltimore county court on
the said confession, upon the real merits of the demand, then the
said court shall enter judgment in favour of the said mayor and
city council against the parties who confessed judgment, for the
amount of the tax, due or imposition, with interest thereon and
costs; and if a decision shall be made against the mayor and city
council, they shall pay costs; and the cause shall stand for trial at
the term next succeeding the day when the certificate aforesaid
shall be filed with the clerk of said court, who shall forthwith
docket the cause in the name of the mayor and city council of Baltimore,
against the said parties; and the said persons, so confessing
judgment before the justice, shall at the same time execute a warrant
of attorney, authorising some attorney to appear for them in
the said court; and it shall be the duty of the said justice to return
the certificate of the judgment confessed, and warrant of attorney,
within five days, to the clerk of the said court, and on producing a
receipt therefor from him, the register of the city shall pay him
fifty cents, and the county court, on the application of the said
mayor and city council, or the party who may so have confessed
judgment as aforesaid, shall frame an issue for trying the said
question; and in the event of an appeal to the court of appeals,
such cause shall stand for argument at the first term to which such
appeal shall be prosecuted. |
Appeals from
fines, &c. may be
prosecuted before
city court. |
6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all appeals from
the decision of
justices of the peace upon warrants for the recovery of fines, penalties
and forfeitures, under the ordinances of the city, shall be carried
to, and be prosecuted before Baltimore city court, where such
appeals shall be heard and decided at the session of the court next
succeeding the allowance of such appeals, unless the court should
be then in session, in which case appeals shall be heard and decided
at that session, except that the court may, in their discretion,
grant a continuance of such appeals; and if the fine, penalty or
forfeiture, exceeds the sum over which justices have jurisdiction,
the same shall be sued for and recovered in Baltimore city court,
instead of Baltimore county court as heretofore; and all such cases
shall stand for trial at the first session of the court to which they
are brought, and executions may issue thereon as in the county
court, and in the event of an appeal to the court of appeals in any
such case, the same shall stand for argument at the first term to
which such appeal shall be prosecuted. |
Corporation may
issue stock or borrow
money. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the mayor and city
council of Baltimore
may, for the purpose of promoting or effecting any great or
permanent improvements, issue stock in certificates of an amount
not less than one hundred dollars each, transferrable only in person,
or by letter of attorney, on books to be kept for that purpose
in the office of the register of the city of Baltimore, or borrow money
upon the credit of the corporation, provided the amount of
stock so created and issued, or money borrowed, shall at no one
time exceed one million of dollars; and it shall be lawful for any
of the banks in this state to purchase, hold, and dispose of, any
such stock, or make any such loans; and the said mayor and city
council shall possess all powers necessary or proper for preventing
nuisances, preserving order, securing property and persons from
violence, danger or destruction, protecting the public and city property, |
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