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CHAP. 19.
Duration. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That this act shall
continue in force
until the expiration of the year eighteen hundred and fifteen, and
until the end of the next session of assembly thereafter.
Further continued and extended by 1815,
ch. 167, to 1st January 1835, &c. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. XX.
An Act to authorise and empower the Levy Court of Prince-George's
County to assess and levy a sum of money for the purpose
therein
mentioned. Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 214. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS Thomas Butt, of Prince-George's county,
by his petition
to this general assembly has set forth, that by reason of his
very advanced age and infirmities he is rendered incapable of supporting
himself by labour, the only means by which he hath heretofore
procured a subsistence, and praying that a law may pass for
his support out of the poor-house; and the facts stated in the said
petition appearing to be true, and the prayer thereof being reasonable,
therefore, |
Levy authorised
for support of
Thomas Butt. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the justices of the levy court of Prince-George's county shall be and
they are hereby directed and empowered, at their levy court annually,
so long as they shall see cause, to assess and levy, on the
assessable property of said county, a sum of money, not exceeding
thirty dollars, for the support and maintenance of the said Thomas
Butt, and the same to be collected annually by the collector of
Prince-George's county, and paid to such person or persons, for
the support of the said Thomas Butt, as the levy court of said county
shall direct. |
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Passed Dec. 31. |
CHAP. XXI.
An Additional Supplement to an act, (a) entitled, An act
for regulating
the mode of staying Execution, and repealing the Acts
of Assembly
therein mentioned, and for other purposes. Lib.
TH. No. 1, fol. 215.
(a) 1791, ch. 67. See 1801,m ch. 62, and the acts there referred
to. |
Preamble.
* 1801, ch. 62. |
WHEREAS many inconveniencies have arisen under the
law *, entitled,
A supplement to an act, entitled, An act for regulating the
mode of staying execution, and repealing the acts of assembly therein
mentioned, and for other purposes; therefore, |
Constable neglecting
to make return
of any execution,
&c. may
be fined. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
in case any constable shall neglect to make due return of any execution
directed to him by virtue of this act, to which this is a supplement,
it shall be lawful for the justice who issued the said execution,
on proof of the delivery of the writ of execution to the said constable,
to call such constable before him, and unless a good excuse is
offered, to fine such constable any sum not exceeding fifteen shillings,
and such justice may thereupon allow a future day, not exceeding
fourteen days, to such constable to make return thereof,
and in case such constable shall fail to make return by the time limited,
it shall and may be lawful for such justice, at the request of
the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, to enter judgment against said
constable, and his securities, in favour of the plaintiff, for the amount
of his debt and costs; and in case any constable shall make due return
of any execution directed to him as aforesaid, by which it shall
appear that he has taken the body of the defendant, and shall fail
to produce him, it shall be lawful for the justice before whom the |
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