CONSTABLES
CONSTITUTION |
INDEX TO THE LAWS.
—Directed to repair once a month, and oftener on
information of tumultuous meetings of negroes, &c.
at
all suspected places,
—If free mulattoes or negroes are found at such
meetings, to carry them before a justice,
—Authorised and required to whip slaves, not belonging
to the place, or having permission in writing,
from their owner or overseers,
To entitle constables to the allowance
under the 4th
section of the act of 1723, ch. 15, they must produce
a
certificate from two respectable citizens of their industry,
&c. in discharge of their duty,
The allowance of 200 lb. Tobacco for
taking up runaways
under the act of 1715, ch. 44, changed to 6 dollars,
Constables on serving ca. sa bound
to accept payment,
—Plaintiffs to have the same remedy against them,
as on writs of fieri facias,
Citations may be issued to constables
to bring before
the orphans courts, (and in their recess the trustees
of
the poor or any two justices,) the children of paupers,
vagrants, and indolent free negroes, to be bound out
as
apprentices,
Costs allowed on serving warrants
in criminal prosecutions,
—In cases of acquittal, to be levied on the county, &c.
Constables in Talbot county—fees on
executions regulated,
Duties of constables as to militia
fines, &c.
—Penalty on their selling state arms,
A constable to be annually appointed
for the town of
Brookville, in Montgomery county—to give bond,
&c.
Constables fees for summoning a jury
of inquest,
Penalty on justices granting blank
warrants or executions
to constables,
Fees to constables in the city of
Baltimore,
The constitution as established by
1798, ch. 115,
and 1799, ch. 48, changed as to the number of election
districts in Frederick county,
All and every part of the constitution,
which related
to the court of appeals and the general court, or
the judges thereof, or inconsistent with this act, annulled,
and the alterations and amendments therein
contained to be valid as a part of the constitution,
The constitution changed as to election districts
in Saint Mary's county,
On the death, resignation, or removal
out of this
state, of the governor, it shall not be necessary to
call a meeting of the legislature, to fill the vacancy,
but the first named of the council shall qualify and
act as governor, until the next meeting of the assembly,
at which a governor shall be chosen,
—So much of the 32d and 37th articles of the constitution
as is repugnant to or inconsistent with this act,
abolished,
No person residing in the city of
Annapolis shall
have a vote in the county of Anne-Arundel for delegates
for the said county, and all and every part of
the constitution, (article 4th) which enabled persons
holding fifty acres of land to vote in said county abolished,
The forty-fifth article of the constitution,
(that no
field officer of the militia shall be eligible as a senator,
delegate, or member of the council,) abolished, |
Session. Ch. S.
1806 81
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4
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1807 115
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1808
4
1809 169
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1810 106
1811 182 27
41
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49
May 1813 20
1816 142
1818 166
2
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5
1802
82
Confirmed by
1803
19
1804
55
Confirmed by
1805
16
1806
29
Confirmed by
1807
8
June 1809 16
Confirmed by
1809
11
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1809
38
Confirmed by
1810
49
1809
65
Confirmed by
1810
78 |