120 ARTICLE 1.

when the party plaintiff is a non-resident of the State of Maryland, the
claim must be accompanied by an affidavit such as is required by the
Speedy Judgment Act applicable to Allegany County before a Notary
Public or other person authorized to administer oaths; costs of all causes
shall follow the judgment, and on appeal, the Clerk of the Circuit Court
shall tax said costs when the appeal is finally determined; all appeals in
both civil and criminal causes must be taken within twenty days from the
date judgment is entered; and all costs must be paid before the appeal
papers are transmitted to the Circuit Court, unless the party taking the
appeal shall make oath that they are unable by reason of poverty to pay the
costs, in which case the appeal shall be transmitted in the same manner
as if the costs had been paid; civil appeal bonds shall be filed in accord-
ance with common practice or existing law; all judgments rendered by
said Justices may be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court in the same manner as Magistrate Judgments are now recorded;
judgments by confession may be entered before said Justices in any sum
not exceeding $300.00, and may be recorded as Magistrate Judgments are
now recorded; rules for the security for costs against non-resident litigants
may be laid; and the payment of costs by certified check or a deposit
thereof shall be deemed a compliance; all papers relating to causes of
action must be kept together, and the same shall be considered the archives
of the Court.

1929, ch. 330.

335. Whenever any writ of attachment, execution, replevin, distraint,
distraint with warrant to follow, or other writ, shall be issued by either
of the Justices of said Peoples Court, or is sworn to before either of them,
and directed to a Constable or any other officer commanding him to seize,
take into execution, levy upon, or make known upon any personal prop-
erty, goods, wares, merchandise, credits or chattels, and the same are
seized, levied upon, taken, sold, settled for, superseded or compromised,
said officer shall return a statement in detail of all receipts, expenses, costs,
together with the sources from which they were received, which said state-
ment shall be made under oath and returned within five days from the
return day named in said writ or within five days from the receipt of said
funds; when said return is made it shall be the duty of the Justices to
approve the same as to costs and to either instruct the Clerk of the Court
or the Constable making said return to disburse the same accordingly,
the receipts for which shall be returned to Court and preserved in the
causes of action relative thereto. Any Constable or other officer violating
the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor
more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or shall forfeit his office in
the discretion of the Court. Any false swearing in reference to the return
hereinbefore provided and the funds therein shall be deemed perjury.