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An Abridgement of the Laws in Force and Use in Her Majesty's Plantations; 1704
Volume 193, Page 26   View pdf image (33K)
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26            An Abridgment of the Laws of

    XV.  Where Judgment is had in any County Court,
and the Party against whom the Judgment is, flys into
another County, the Justices of the Provincial Court
shall, upon Certificate of the Justices where Judgment
was given, award Execution against the Body or Goods
of the Party flying.
    XVI.  Bills, Bonds, or other Specialties, Book Debts,
or Accounts, proved before a Justices of the Peace in
any County, or one Justice of the Provincial Court, and
that the Ballance thereof is wholly due and unpaid, and
certified under the Hands and Seals of such Justices,
shall be sufficient Evidence in any Court within this
Province.
    XVII.  An. 11. W. 3. 1699. p. 51.  All persons that are
cast in any Cause shall be amerced (besides the Damages
and Costs) in the Provincial Court, 50 l. of Tobacco,
and in the County Courts 30 l. of Tobacco.  Of which
amercements the Clerk of the Provincial Court, and of
the several County Courts, shall keep an exact account,
and deliver or send the same to the several Sheriffs, who
shall collect the same with the Levy and Destrain in default
of payment, &c.
    XVIII.  The Clerk of the respective Courts shall give
to the Chief Judge of such Court a List of the amercements
in that Court.
    XIX.  An. 11. W. 3. p. 56.  The Commissioners of the
several and respective County Courts may, at their
Courts (upon examination of the publick Charges of
their several Counties, and allowance by them made of
the same) levy and raise Tobacco for payment and satisfaction
of the said County Charges, and the Sheriffs Salary 
for collecting thereof, by an equal Assessment of
the taxable persons of the County.
    XX.  Provided the account of the said County Charge
be kept upon Record, and that upon complaint of any
person aggrieved, the said Acts shall be examined and
certified in the Provincial Court.
    XXI.  An. 11. W. 3. 1699. p. 67.  The Port of Annapolis
in Ann-Arundel County shall be the Chief Seat of
Justice within this Province, for holding Assemblies, and
Provincial Courts; and all Writs, Pleas, and Process returnable
to the Provincial, or to the Court of Chancery,
shall be made returnable to the said Port of Annapolis.

 

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