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CHAP. 59.
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CHAPTER 73.
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Passed Feb.20,1836
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An act to provide f or the payment of Jurors and State
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Witnesses, in Montgomery county.
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Levy for 1836 & 7
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That the Levy Court of Montgomery coun-
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ty be, and they are hereby authorised and required to
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levy on the assessable property of said county, at the
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usual time of making the county levy, in the year
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eighteen hundred and thirty-six, such sum of money as
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the said Levy Court may deem sufficient to defray the
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expenses which have been or may be incurred by the
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attendance of Jurymen and State Witnesses, at Mont-
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gomery County Court, during the years eighteen hun-
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dred and thirty-six and thirty-seven.
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Annually in ad-vance
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
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of the said Levy Court, to levy as aforesaid, in the year
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eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and annually there-
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after, such sum of money as they may deem sufficient to
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pay the expenses which may be incurred the then suc- ,
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ceeding year, by the attendance of Jurymen and State
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Collected and ac-
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Witnesses at Montgomery County Court.
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counted for
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the sum or sums of
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money directed to be levied by this act, shall he col-
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lected by the Collector of Montgomery county as other
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charges are now collected, and shall be accounted for
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by him as hereinafter directed.
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Payment directed
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
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of said Collector to pay to the Jurymen and State.
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Witnesses of said county, immediately after the termi-
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nation of each and every court, such sum of money as
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they may severally be entitled to receive for their at-
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tendance as Jurors and States' Witnesses.
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Certificates
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That a certificate signed
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by the Clerk of the county court, expressing the number
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of days which any Juryman or State Witness may have
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attended said court, and the sum due to him for such
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attendance, shall be a sufficient authority to the said
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Collector to pay the amount so specified in the said
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certificate.
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