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Hanson's Laws of Maryland 1763-1784
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1779.                                         LAWS of MARYLAND.

so due as aforesaid, and the sheriff shall, on or before the twentieth day of
October yearly, pay to each creditor all the money he shall or might have received
in satisfaction of their several and respective debts; and if any sheriff shall
not make payment according to the directions of this act, such sheriff shall forfeit
and pay to the party grieved, if he shall sue the sheriff only, double the money,
to be recovered with costs, by action of debt or action on the case, founded on
this act, in which it shall be sufficient for the plaintiff to allege, that the defendant
is indebted to him or received to his use the sum of money claimed by him, 
whereby action accrued to him according to the form of this act, without setting
forth the special matter, but if the party shall sue on the sheriff's bond, he shall
recover only his debt, interest and cost.

Suits to be
commenced
within one

year.
    XIX.  And be it enacted, That no prosecution or suit shall be commenced for
any penalty or forfeiture imposed by this act, unless within one year from the
time of the offence committed.
Fees to be
paid at 12l.
10s. per hundred,
&c.
    XX.  And be it enacted, That for all officers fees to become due in virtue of
this act, where ready money is paid or offered to be paid, the officer entitled to
receive the same shall have and receive money for the same, at the rate of twelve
pounds ten shillings common currency per hundred, until the general assembly
shall take further order therein, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Attornies fees
to be paid at
10l. per cent.
    XXI.  And be it enacted, That all tobacco hereafter to become due for attornies
fees, shall be discharged in money at ten pounds per centum, any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.

 
 
 
 

Fees to be
paid in.

    XXII.  WHEREAS it is inconsistent with the declaration of rights, that the
chancellor, or judge of the admiralty, shall take fees or perquisites of any kind,
and it is apprehended that private individuals, who have business done for them
in the chancery court, or court of admiralty, or who may have the great seal
affixed to any patent, commission, or other paper, for their benefit, should pay
for the same; Be it enacted, That all persons who may have services done in
said courts, or who may have the great seal affixed to any patent, commission or
other paper, for their benefit, shall pay to the register of the said courts respectively
according to the following table.
Chancery,
and for the

great seal.
                                        FEES in CHANCERY and for the GREAT SEAL.

For the seal of an original writ
The seal of recordari
The seal of a subpœna ad respondendum,
    with three names or under
The seal of a proclamation of rebellion
The seal of a commission of rebellion
The seal of a grant or patent of
    land for five hundred acres or
    under
The seal of every patent or grant
    for every quantity above five
    hundred acres, for every hundred
    acres
Seal of a decree in chancery, if required
Seal of an injunction in chancery
Seal of an audita querela
Seal to execution of a decree in
    chancery
lb. Tob.
      4
    10

    12
  270
  270


      90



      10
  320
  180
    90

  120

Seal of a writ of covenant for passing
    fine
Seal of a commission to take acknowledgment
The seal of a writ of error to the
    court of appeals
Seal to a scire facias thereupon
Seal to a supersedeas thereupon
Seal to a certiorari
The seal to an exemplification of
    land, the same with the patent
    or grant
The chancellor's hand to a writ of
    covenant
A seal to a mandamus, when not
    for the benefit of the public
A seal to a melius inquirendum, when
    not for the benefit of the public
Seal of a supersedeas to a commission
    of rebellion or supplicavit
The seal of a sheriff's patent for
    his office
lb. Tob.

    12
    90

  180
  180
  180
  180




  180

    90

    90

  180

  290



 
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