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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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1830.
CHAP. 159.
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second term; the first day of December shall commence the
third term; and the first day of January shall commence the
fourth term; unless either of those days shall happen on
Sunday, in which case the term shall commence on the
next day; and the judges of the said court, or a majority of
them, are hereby authorised and required, to pass all such
rules as may be necessary and proper for carrying into ef-
fect the provisions of this act.
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Period of ser-
vice of persons
as jurymen.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That no person shall be re-
quired to serve more than twenty-one days in any one year,
as a juryman, in the said court, for the transaction of city
business, except it be in a case where a jury has been em-
pannelled and sworn within the said time, and a verdict has
not been rendered by such jury, and if any person, so hay-
ing served twenty-one days shall be returned by the sheriff
of Baltimore county upon any pannel of jurors summon-
ed by him, such person so returned, shall, upon applica-
tion by him be discharged by said court.
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Repeal
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That so much of the act to
which this is a supplement as is inconsistent with, or re-
pugnant to the provisions of this act, shall be and the same
is hereby repealed.
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Additional
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of pro-
viding the amount of compensation intended to be secured
by an act passed at December session 1828, chapter 127,
there shall be paid to the clerk of Baltimore county court,
over and above all fees at present demandable at law, and
in addition to the fees prescribed by the eighth section of
an act passed at December session 1828, chapter 161, the
sum of one dollar each, by every insolvent debtor residing
in the city of Baltimore, on the day limited for his appear-
ance before the said court for a final hearing; on every ex-
ecution, or writ in the nature thereof, at the time of taking
out the same, fifty cents; on every judgment entered on
verdict, confession, inquisition, default or non-pross, by
the party against whom such judgment maybe given, 25
cents; on every fieri facias on judgment, or against bail 50
cents; on every condemnation entered upon any attachment
against property at the time of entering security on such
condemnation, 50 cents; on the granting of every appeal
bond, 25 cents; on each petition of an insolvent debtor for
an extension of the time of his appearance, 50 cents; to be
paid at the time of filing said petition; and the bond of the
elerk of said court, shall be answerable therefor; and it shall
be the duty of the said clerk to account for and pay over,
quarterly, all money by him so received, to the treasurer
of the western shore, retaining only a commission at the
rate of five per centum, for his trouble, in receiving and
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