| 1779.
CHAP.
XXV. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
and fifty pounds current money, before they enter on the execution of
the said office,
take the following oath before some judge or justice of the peace, or alderman
of the city of Annapolis: " You, A. B. do swear, that you will well,
faithfully
" and impartially, to the best of your skill and knowledge, execute your
office,
" and that you will not, for lucre or malice, delay any person or persons
applying
" to you for any business in your office; and that you will not willingly
or wittingly
" charge, ask, take, exact, demand or receive, any other or larger fees
for
" doing your duty in your office, than are mentioned, rate, regulated and
established,
" by the act, entitled, An act for the regulation of officers fees." |
Accounts of
officers fees
to be made
out in words
at length, &c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That accounts of all officers fees in this act mentioned,
shall be made out in a fair and clear manner, and in words at length; and
whenever
any person or persons interested in them, or to whom the same shall be
charged, shall
require a copy of such account, the several officers shall and are hereby
required
to give such person so applying thereof, in as short a time as may be convenient,
an account of such charge in words at length; and that all deputies and
under
clerks, writing in any of the offices aforesaid, or doing service in them,
shall, before
they enter into any the services aforesaid, or execute or perform any duty
or
services in any of the said offices, before some judge or justices of the
general or
county court, or alderman of the city of Annapolis (who is hereby authorised
and required to administer the same, under the penalty of fifty pounds
for every
neglect or refusal) take the following oath, under the penalty of one hundred
pounds for every refusal or neglect, viz. " You, A. B. do swear,
that you will,
" not, for lucre or malice, delay any person or persons applying to you
for any
" business belonging to the office you officiate in; and that you will
not, directly
" or indirectly, ask, take, exact, demand, or receive from, or charge to,
any
" such person or persons, to your own use, any fee or reward whatsoever,
for any
" services you shall do as deputy clerk of the said office; and also, that
in making
" out of the office fees, you will not wittingly or willingly charge other
or higher
" fees than limited by the act, entitled, An act for the regulation of
officers fees."
Which said oaths before mentioned shall be severally returned by the judge,
justice,
or alderman, before whom the same shall be taken, to the general court
or
county offices, as the case shall require, within twenty days after the
taking
thereof, under the penalty of twenty pounds for every neglect, and shall
there be
recorded by the clerk of such court, under the penalty of twenty pounds
for every
neglect. |
Actions ended
before
judgment
not to be recorded,
&c. |
X. And be it
enacted, That in all actions or suits brought or prosecuted, or
hereafter to be brought or prosecuted, in any of the courts in this state,
and the
same are or shall be entered agreed, struck off, discontinued, or abated,
or shall be
otherwise ended, before final judgment or final decree, the proceedings
shall not
be recorded, unless at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, or his
agent or
attorney, signified in writing, directed to the clerk of the said courts
respectively;
and if the same proceedings be recorded without such request, no fees whatever
shall be payable for such service; and all officers mentioned by this act
shall be
obliged to set up in the most public place of his office, and there constantly
keep,
a fair table of the fees rated and established by this act, under the penalty
of fifty
pounds for every money he shall neglect to do the same. |
Fees on execution
to be
sent out but
once a year,
&c. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That no officer herein before mentioned, under the
penalty of two hundred pounds for every offence, shall send out his fees
on execution
but once in every year, between the first day of January and the first
day
of March, during the continuance of this act; and the party charged, his
body,
goods or chattels, shall not be executed for any of the aforesaid fees,
unless his
account of such fees be delivered to him, or left at his last place of
abode, on
or before the first day of May in any year the said fees shall be sent
out or demanded. |
Surveyor not
to be paid for
erroneous certificate,
&c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That where any surveyor returns a certificate for the
examination of the examiner-general, and the same shall be by him found
erroneous,
in such case the party, for whose use such survey is made, shall not be
burthened |
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