484 CONSTABLES. [ART. 20

1904, art. 20, sec. 11. 1888, art. 20, sec. 11. 1860, art. 23, sec. 11.
1809, cb. 177, sec. 4.

11. Whenever any evidences of debt are put into the hands of a
constable for collection, he shall execute a receipt for the same, if
demanded, and upon his neglect or refusal to do so he shall forfeit the
sum of five dollars, to be recovered before a justice by the party grieved.

Ibid. sec. 12. 1888, art. 19, sec. 14. 1860, art. 23, sec. 14. 1S49, ch. 491.

12. If any constable to whom any execution has issued from any
justice of the peace shall die without having made any levy thereunder,
the securities of said constable on the bond which would be liable
under the said execution may return the said execution to the justice
issuing the same, or any other justice of the peace of the same county,
if the justice issuing the same shall have died or is not in office, with
the endorsement of the fact thereon; and the justice to whom such exe-
cution shall be returned shall have power to issue another execution
upon being furnished with a copy of the judgment upon which the
execution was issued, if he is not the justice who rendered the judg-
ment.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1888, art. 19, sec. 15. 1860, art. 23, sec. 15. 1845, ch. 379, secs. 1, 2.

13. If the constable shall die after having taken in execution any
chattels, before making sale thereof, his security or other person inter-
ested in behalf of said deceased constable, or the plaintiff, or any person
interested on behalf of the plaintiff, may have a new writ of fieri facias
or venditioni exponas, as the case may require, issued by the same or
some other justice of the county, directed to any constable of the county;
and under such new writ the constable shall seize and take, and sell
and convey the property taken in execution by the deceased constable,
in the same manner as the deceased constable might have done if he had
lived.

See art. 87, sec. 27.

Ibid. sec. 14. 1888, art. 20, sec. 16. 1860, art. 23, sec. 17. 1845. ch. 379, sec. 5.

14. If a constable shall die without having made sale of property
taken in execution, his executor or administrator shall not receive more
than one-half the usual poundage fees, and the constable who makes
sale of such goods shall not receive more than one-half the usual pound-
age fees.

As to the fees chargeable by a constable, see art. 36, sections 14, 15 and 17.

Suits on Bond and Remedies Against.

Ibid. sec. 15. 1888, art. 20, sec. 18. 1860, art. 23, sec. 18. 1825, ch. 198, sec. 1.

15. Where a constable is defaulted for any sum or sums of money,
or has collected any sums of money, and refuses or neglects to pay the
same to the person entitled thereto, and the sum does not exceed one
hundred dollars, the person to whom the same is due may apply to any
justice of the county or city, who shall issue his summons against the