| 1791.
CHAP.
LXXVII.
Agree with
and appoint
collectors, &c. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
XXI. And,
whereas in some counties no collectors of the said fund tax have
been appointed, and in others those who have been appointed have declined
to
act, Be it enacted, That it shall
be lawful for the said agent to agree with and
appoint a collector of the said tax in any county where there shall be
no collector
appointed, who shall give security for the performance of his duty
agreeably to
law; and the collectors, so appointed by the said agent, shall give security,
to be
approved of by the said agent, for the performance of their duty respectively,
and
shall proceed to act in the same manner, and be liable to the same duties
in all
respects, as if they had been appointed by the commissioners. |
Render a fair
account, &c. |
XXII. And be
it enacted, That the said agent shall render a fair and full account
of his several proceedings, under the authority of this act, to the
general
assembly at their next session, and shall be allowed for his services the
following
commissions, to wit: For all payments made to either of the treasurers
on bonds
for confiscated property, one and a half per cent. for all bonds
with security
taken by the said agent on resales of confiscated property in virtue of
this act,
two and a half per cent. for all monies collected on open accounts,
three per cent.
and for all other monies or bonds paid in or taken in virtue of this
act, two per
cent. |
And give
bond, &c. |
XXIII. And be
it enacted, That the said agent, before he enters upon the execution
of the duties of this act, shall give bond to the state, before the governor
and the council, in the penalty of twenty thousand pounds current money,
with
such securities as the governor and the council shall approve, for
the faithful performance
of the said duties, which bond shall be lodged with the treasurer of the
western shore; and shall also take an oath, before the chancellor, that
he will well
and faithfully discharge the duties of agent, under the act, entitled,
An act to appoint
an agent for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and
for
other purposes, to the best of his skill and judgment; the certificate
of which
oath shall be annexed to, or endorsed on, the said bond. |
How a vacancy
is to be
filled. |
XXIV. And be
it enacted, That if the said agent shall not accept his appointment,
or if, after acceptance, he shall not give bond and take the oath aforesaid
before the first day of February next, or shall die, the governor and
the council
are hereby authorised and requested to appoint a fit and proper person
in his
place, who shall have and execute all the authorities and powers vested
in the
said Randolph Brandt Latimer by this act, such person first giving security
and
taking the oath aforesaid. |
Passed December
30. |
CHAP. LXXVIII.
An ACT respecting the equity jurisdiction of the county courts. |
Court to have
original equity
jurisdiction
in certain
cases, &c. |
BE it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in all cases where
the matter or thing in dispute shall not exceed the sum of one hundred
pounds current money, or ten thousand pounds of tobacco, the justices
of the county court where the defendant resides, may and shall have and
exercise,
and they are hereby invested with, an original equity jurisdiction, as
fully and
amply as the chancellor may or doth possess and exercise in any case within
the
jurisdiction of the chancery court, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. |
And determine
before
or after judgment,
&c. |
II. And be it
enacted, That in all actions in the county court, where the
matter or thing in dispute shall not exceed the sum of one hundred pounds
current money, or ten thousand pounds of tobacco, the justices of the county
court where such action shall be brought, may and shall, at the prayer
of either
plaintiff or defendant, either before or after judgment or verdict
of a jury at
common law, hear and determine the same according to the rules of equity
and
good conscience, as fully and amply as the chancellor might do in any case
within
the jurisdiction of the chancery court. |
| Proviso. |
III. Provided,
That nothing in this act contained shall extend, or be construed
to extend, so as to limit, abridge or restrain, the jurisdiction of the
chancery
court of this state in any manner or respect whatsoever, but that the said
court |
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