| 1790.
CHAP.
XXXIII.
Salary to chief
justice, &c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
XIV. And be it
enacted, That every chief justice, appointed and commissioned
in virtue of this act, shall receive, as a compensation for his services,
as follows,
to wit: For the first district, at the rate of four hundred pounds
current money
per annum, to be paid by Saint-Mary's, Calvert, Prince-George's,
and Charles
counties, in proportion to the amount of assessable property in each of
the said
counties respectively, the said amount to be ascertained in each year by
reference
to the last general assessment of property; for the second district, at
the rate of
four hundred pounds current money per annum, to be paid by Cæcil,
Kent,
Queen-Anne's, and Talbot counties, in the same proportion, to be ascertained
as
aforesaid; for the third district, at the rate of four hundred pounds current
money
per annum, to be paid by Anne-Arundel, Baltimore, and Harford counties,
in the same proportion, to be ascertained as aforesaid; for the fourth
district, at
the rate of four hundred pounds current money per annum, to be paid
by Caroline,
Dorchester, Somerset, and Worcester counties, in the same proportion, to
be ascertained as aforesaid; for the fifth district, at the rate of
four hundred
pounds current money per annum, to be paid by the counties of Washington,
Frederick, Montgomery and Allegany, in the same proportion, to be ascertained
as aforesaid: Provided always, that until the next general assessment
of property
takes place, the said counties of Washington and Allegany shall be considered,
with respect to the said assessment, as if they were still the same county;
and the
justices of the peace in the several counties shall assess, in their county
assessment,
the sum payable by their respective counties as aforesaid, with a commission
of six
per cent. for collection; which said sums shall be collected with
the county assessment,
and paid by the collectors to the chief justice of their respective
district,
on or before the tenth day of May next ensuing the laying of the said assessment. |
Clerk to certify
annually,
&c. |
XV. And be it
enacted, That the clerk of every county shall yearly, on
or before the first day of Mary, certify, under his hand and seal of office,
the
amount of the assessable property in his county, and lodge one certificate
thereof
with the clerks of each county in his district, under the penalty of twenty
pounds
current money. |
Compensation
to associate
justices,
&c. |
XVI. And be
it enacted, That each associate justice appointed and commissioners
in virtue of this act, shall receive, as a compensation for his services,
the
sum of twenty shillings current money for every day he shall attend
the duty of
his office, and the said allowance shall be assessed in his county
assessment. |
Sheriff to pay
in 30 days,
&c. |
XVII. And be
it enacted, If any collector shall not pay the allowance to any
chief justice, intrusted to his collection by virtue of this act, within
thirty days
after the same shall become due, it shall be lawful for the person not
paid to file
an attested copy of his bond in the general or any county court, with an
affidavit
of the sum due, and a demand and refusal of payment, and thereupon execution
shall issue against such collector and his securities, and if payment be
alleged, the
court may, on motion, inquire into the fact in a summary way, and commit
or
release, or give such other remedy, as the nature of the execution and
justice may
require. |
Justices to do
certain matters,
&c. |
XVIII. And,
whereas by divers acts of assembly, the justices of the county
courts are authorised and enjoined to do sundry matters and things at the
county
courts to be held in certain months in the said acts mentioned, and in
many instances
there is an alteration of the time holding the said county courts by this
act, Be it enacted, That in all cases
where the courts are by this act directed to
be held in different months from those mentioned in the said acts of assembly,
or
any of them, it shall be lawful justices of the county courts, to be commissioned
in virtue of this act, to do and perform all such matters and things
at
such time in each year as they shall think convenient, either at their
court in
course or an adjourned court. |
Taxes to be
paid, &c. |
XIX. And,
as a fund towards payment of the above annual sums to the chief
justices of the several districts, Be it
enacted, That the following taxes shall be
paid in current money on the following process and proceedings in the county |
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