SHERIFFS
SHIPLEY, REBECCA
SHIPS
SHREWSBURY ACADEMY
SILVER
SIMMONS, JOSEPH |
INDEX TO THE LAWS.
and judgment may be entered thereon, and execution
issued, as on other judgments,
—Liable to amercement on neglect to execute warrants,
orders, &c.
Duty of the sheriffs as to the return
of process from
another county to the county courts as courts of equity,
and fine on failure,
Sheriffs to be allowed the term of
one year after the
expiration of the times for which they are appointed,
to
collect all balances,
—The 3d section, as to Baltimore county, repealed,
The allowance to sheriffs increased
for keeping
prisoners in gaol, &c. in the counties therein mentioned,
The duties of sheriffs prescribed
as to runaways,
Penalty on sheriffs neglecting or
delaying to serve
and return process, as therein directed, from other
counties,
—Returns may be made by mail to the clerks, where
returnable,
—Evidence required as to the letter or cover for
that purpose,
Nothing herein to affect the remedy
given by the act
of 1815, ch. 149.
In case of the death, &c. of any
sheriff, between the
1st of January and 1st of March, in any year, where
his successor does not qualify before the 1st of March,
the officers may place their fees in his hands for collection,
within twenty days after his qualification, and his
bond shall be answerable,
In case of the death of a sheriff
before the first of
October in any year, after giving bond, his executors
or administrators, if any, or his securities, empowered
to complete the collection of fees duly placed in his
hands,
An act to compel the sheriff of Harford
county to
keep a gaoler resident in the gaol of said county,
An act relating to the sheriff of
Baltimore county,
The provisions of the act of 1797,
ch. 43, as to sheriffs,
extended to the court of chancery, and the county
courts as courts of equity,
Not lawful for sheriffs to receive
negroes, &c. into
the public gaol, unless committed in due form of law,
—Penalty on so receiving them,
Not to prevent the owner, (not being
engaged in the
traffic of buying and selling slaves,) from having any
slave committed to gaol, and supported at his own expense,
NOTE. By the 9th section of
the act of June 1780, ch. 8, " for
sinking the quota required by Congress of this state
of the Bills of
Credit emitted by Congress," all fines, forfeitures and
amerciaments,
&c. were directed to be received by the Sheriffs,
and to be by them
annually paid into the treasury.
Of Anne Arundel county—money to be
levied for
her support,
Punishment for burning or stealing,
Incorporated in Kent county,
See Coin. Plate.
Of Anne Arundel county—money to be
levied for
his support, |
Session. Ch. S.
1815 149
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2
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7
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1818
17
—— 178
1817
96
1818
66
1817 112
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—— 139
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7
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—— 199
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2
1818 105
—— 142
—— 193
6
—— 208
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1811
60
1809 138
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6
8
1816 206
1816 200 |
