THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

1835.

CHAPTER 30.

CHAP. 31.

An act to regulate Constables fees, in Allegany county.

Passed Jan. 29,1838

WHEREAS, some sections of the County are very

Preamble

remote from the jail, thereby subjecting the constables

to a great inconvenience, and the compensation not ad-

equate to the labor performed in the delivery over to

the jailor of persons committed, — Therefore:

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Mileage for travelling

Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act

all constables in Allegany county shall be entitled to

receive, in addition to the fifty cents now allowed, six

and a quarter cents per mile for every mile they have

to travel, after the first four miles, in delivering over

to the jailor of Allegany county, any person on com-

mitment.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever any con-

Compensation and mileage for sum-

stable shall find it necessary to summon any person to

moning witnes-lies

aid and assist in taking to jail any person on commit-

ment, he shall he required to summon a constable, if

there be one convenient, and whenever a constable or

any other person shall be summoned for the purpose of

so aiding and assisting, he shall be entitled to fifty

cents as a compensation for his services, and six and a

fourth cents per mile for every mile he may travel,

after the first four miles, to be taxed in the costs against

the defendant.

CHAPTER 31.

A supplement to an act, entitled, an act relating to cer-

Passed Jan.30,1835

tain fees in Anne Arundel County Court, passed at

December session, one thousand eight hundred and

thirty-one, chapter one hundred.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Provisions extert-ed

That the act to which this is a supplement shall be

construed to extend to all cases now, or which may he

hereafter pending in Anne Arundel county court, re-

moved from the courts mentioned in the said act, in