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CHAP.
LI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
of Anne-Arundel county forty-five pounds current money; to the sheriff
of
Queen-Anne's county, who is hereby also obliged to convey all such
public
letters and packets as are directed to any person or persons in the city
of Annapolis,
to the said city, thirty pounds like money; to the sheriff of Talbot county
eleven pounds five shillings like money; to the sheriff of Kent eleven
pounds
five shillings like money; to the sheriff of Dorchester eleven pounds five
shillings
like money; to the sheriff of Somerset nine pounds seven shillings and
six-pence
like money; to the sheriff of Worcester five pounds twelve shillings and
six-pence
like money; to the sheriff of Caroline five pounds twelve shillings and
six-pence like money; to the sheriff of Harford five pounds twelve shillings
and
six-pence like money; to the sheriff of Baltimore fifteen pounds like
money;
to the sheriff of Washington nine pounds seven shillings and six-pence
like
money; to the sheriff of Frederick eleven pounds five shillings like money;
to
the sheriff of Montgomery five pounds twelve shillings and six-pence like
money;
to the sheriff of Prince-George's eleven pounds five shillings like money;
to the
sheriff of Charles nine pounds seven shillings and six-pence like money;
to the
sheriff of Calvert five pounds twelve shillings and six-pence like money;
to
the sheriff of Allegany five pounds twelve shillings and six-pence like
money;
which said several and respective sums of money shall be paid out of the
public
treasury of this state; in consideration whereof, the sheriffs of the said
several
and respective counties shall defray all such charges as shall accrue by
reason of
conveying all such letters or packets. |
What are
deemed public
letters, &c. |
X. And be it
enacted, That the following, and no other, shall be deemed
public letters and packets; that is to say, all packets containing the
laws passed
at any session of assembly, the votes and proceedings of the senate and
house of
delegates, endorsed for public service, and signed by the clerk fo the
council; all
letters sent by the governor for the time being, and endorsed for public
service,
and signed by the clerk of the council; all letters sent by the president
of the
senate, and endorsed by the clerk of the senate for public service, and
signed by
him; all letters sent by the speaker of the house of delegates, and endorsed
for
public service, and signed by him; and all joint letters sent by the
president and
speaker, endorsed for the public service, and signed by them; all certificates
of
assessments, and books of proceedings of the commissioners of the tax,
and endorsed
by the clerks of the several counties on public service, and signed by
them; all letters and packets sent by any judge of the general court, and
endorsed
on public service, and signed by him. |
Penalty on
persons opening
letters,
&c. |
XI. And,
whereas the pernicious custom of opening letters, is loudly complained
of, Be it enacted, That if any person
or persons hereafter shall wilfully
break the seal of any letter or package belonging to the public, or directed
to
private persons, and the same can be proved against him or them by one
credible
witness, such person or persons so offending, shall, on conviction thereof,
pay the
sum of one hundred pounds, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid. |
And on sheriffs
for neglect,
&c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That every sheriff, to whom such public letters or
packets shall be delivered for any person or persons residing in the
adjoining counties
as aforesaid, shall, within the space of five days after the receipt thereof,
deliver, or cause to be delivered, the same to the sheriff of the proper
county,
according to the directions herein before contained, or in default thereof,
every
such sheriff shall suffer the penalties herein before prescribed for every
refusal or
neglect. |
In case of
sickness, deputy
may receive,
&c. |
XIII. And be
it enacted, That if any sheriff shall be actually unable to perform
his duties, by sickness or absence from the county at the time when any
such public letters or packets shall be ready to be delivered, it shall
then be lawful
for his deputy sheriff, and he is hereby required and enjoined, to receive
such
public letters or packets, and to execute and perform the several duties
concerning
the same which are herein before required of his principal and if any
deputy sheriff, whose principal shall be unable to execute his office for
the reasons |
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