| CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAP. CCIX.
An Act relating to Justices of the Peace in the City of Baltimore.
Lib.
TH. No. 6, fol. 437.
See 1796, ch. 43, s. 16 and 17. |
1818.
CHAP. 209.
Passed Feb. 19, 1819. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
from and after the first day of May next, there shall be appointed
and commissioned, for each ward in the city of Baltimore, at least
one and not more than two justices of the peace, who shall be styled
in their commission, Justices of the Peace of the State of Maryland
in and for the City of Baltimore, and who shall be compelled
to keep an office in the ward for which they are appointed, and to
keep a docket of cases decided by them. |
One justice at
least to be appointed
for each
ward. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no justice of the
peace aforesaid
shall issue a warrant for the recovery of a debt, except upon the
application of the creditor for the same, in person, or by some
agent or attorney duly authorised by him, other than a constable,
and such warrant shall be made returnable before the same, or any
justice of the ward in which the debtor may reside, and the defendant
shall have his election to have his cause tried before the justice
of either of such wards, and upon such election the case shall
be referred to the justice so elected to try the same. |
No warrant for
recovery of a debt
to be issued except
upon application
of creditor in
person, &c. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justice by
whom any judgment
shall be rendered shall alone have power to issue an execution
thereon; but if said justice shall be then out of commission, any
other magistrate of the said ward may issue said execution. |
Justice rendering
judgment to have
alone power to
issue execution
thereon. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and may
be lawful for the
said several justices of the peace in the city of Baltimore, to ask and
receive the fees allowed and limited by this act, for services expressed
in the following table, and such fees shall be taxed and
paid by the party against whom judgment shall be rendered, to wit:
For issuing a warrant for debt twenty-five cents; for all summons,
including the witnesses applied for at the same time, twenty-five
cents; capias satisfaciendum or fieri facias, fifty cents;
scire facias,
fifty cents; supersedeas of judgment in the county court, or court
of appeals, fifty cents; every oath or affirmation, twelve and a half
cents; probat to account, twelve and an half cents; every judgment
rendered in disputed cases, fifty cents; and upon confession, twenty-five
cents; commitment, twenty-five cents; releasement, twenty-five
cents; search, and copy of judgment from docket, twelve and a
half cents; warrant of attachment, fifty cents; venire to summon
a
jury in a forcible entry and detainer, or in cases of tenants holding
over, fifty cents; attendance with jury on the premises, and taking
inquisition and return thereon, per day, two dollars; warrant of
restitution one dollar; taking acknowledgment of any deed for property
conveyed in the city of county, or instrument of writing,
twenty-five cents; taking appeal bond, fifty cents; taking a bail
piece to county court, fifty cents; a pass, fifty cents; certificates
of estrays, one dollar; taking deposition, ten cents, for every one
hundred words, and so pro rato; and it shall be the duty of all
and
every justice of the peace aforesaid to prepare all warrants, probats
to accounts, supersedeas, and other instruments, to be executed
by them in virtue of this law, when required so to do. |
Justices fees. |
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That constables employed
in the following
services shall be entitled to receive, for serving a search |
Constables fees. |
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