COSTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

COUNCIL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

COUNTERFEITING
 

    The submission to the court of a person presented or
indicted not to charge him with the costs,
    Costs may be allowed to the party against whom an
amendment is made,
    Costs allowed to constables on serving warrants in
criminal prosecutions,
—Manner of taxing the same in the city of Baltimore,
—In cases of acquittal, to be levied on the county,

    The 3d section of the act of November 1787, ch. 34,
relating to costs in criminal cases, repealed,
—Provided that there shall be deducted from such
costs, in every county, the same per centage as may or
shall be paid by the levy courts of each county for collecting
the levy thereof,
    On judgment against the plaintiff in suits under the
act for the valuation of property, treble costs to be
recovered,
—Same under the act to fix and regulate the quality
of silver plate in Baltimore, &c.
    Allowance to the auditor in the county courts to be
taxed in the bill of costs,
    On allowance of a writ of certiorari, as therein authorised,
bond with security to be required for payment
of all costs and damages,
    Directions as to costs on petitions for public roads,
—As to costs against directors or officers of Banks,

    The salary of the members ascertained, 1800, ch. 4;
1801, ch. 2, 1802, ch. 2; 1803, ch. 1; 1804, ch. 1;
1805, ch. 1; 1806, ch. 1; 1807, ch. 1; 1808, ch. 1; 1809,
ch. 1; 1810, ch. 1; 1811, ch. 1; 1812, ch. 1; 1813, ch.
6; 1814, ch. 7; 1815, ch. 199; 1816, ch. 7; 1817, ch. 
5; 1818, ch. 1.
    The clerk to record all commissions to civil officers,
—Fees allowed,
    The first named of the council, on the death, resignation,
or removal of the governor out of the
state, to qualify and act as governor until the next
meeting of the general assembly, and the constitution
altered accordingly,
    The 45th article of the constitution, which made
field-officers of the militia ineligible as members of
the council, repealed and abolished,
    The members of the council, and their clerk,
exempted in part from militia duty,
—Allowance to the clerk for militia commissions,
    Directions for the preservation of vouchers in the
settlement of militia accounts,
    The clerk of the council to forward the commissions
to justices of the peace to the county clerks,
    An act to alter such parts of the constitution as relate
to the appointment to offices of profit and trust
by the governor and council, &c.
For other matters—See Governor and Council.

    Every person convicted of counterfeiting the great
seal of the state, or the seal of any court, or any other
public seal, and using the same, &c. to be confined in
the penitentiary not less than 5 nor more than 10
years,
—Every person convicted of forging and counterfeiting
any gold or silver coin within this state, or falsely
altering the same, or aiding therein, to be confined
in the penitentiary not less than 4 nor more than 10
years,
    Every person engaged in engraving false plates, or
affixing to bank notes false signatures, or furnishing
paper, or forging, altering or counterfeiting, any bank

 1809       144

 ——      153    1

 ——      169    1
 ——        —    2
 ——        —    3
                          4

  1811        57
 

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  1812      191  27

  1813      131    9

  1814        94    4
 

  1816      187
  1816        89  10
 ——      177    9
 
 
 
 

  1805        65  50
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June 1809 16
Confirmed by
 1 809        11

  1809        65
Confirmed by
  1810        78
  1811      182    1
June 1812   9    2
  1811      182  54

May  1813 11   8

  1814        82    2
  1817      189
Confirmed by
  1818      159
 
 
 

  1809      138    2
 
 
 

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