136 ARTICLE 1.

CONSTABLES FEES:

Warrant and return............................75

Writ of Search............................... 1.00

Summons of each defendant.......................50

Summons of defendant who resides five miles from

Justices Office ............................. 1.00

Summons each witness..........................50

Si-fa and return...............................50

Fi fa. and return..............................50

Replevin and return.......................... 1.00

Swearing appraisers, each........................25

Fee to appraisers, each...........................50

Notice on garnishee.............................50

Summons Landlord Ejectment.....................50

In all actions ex contractu and ex delicto where the amount claimed is
one hundred and fifty dollars, or in excess thereof, attorneys shall be
allowed appearance fees of five dollars.

All poundage fee in distraint, replevin, attachment and otherwise,
where goods and chattels are subject to sale, shall be allowed on the amount
of sale, and not on the appraisement, poundage fees shall be eight per
cent, on the first $25.00, and three per cent, on the residue, except that
there shall be no poundage allowed on attachment or otherwise of wages
for hire. In case of a settlement of a cause of supersedeas, one-half of
the above poundage shall be allowed.

BOND FOR COSTS.

1894, ch. 347, sec. 1.

377. In any suit or action before a justice of the peace in Allegany
County, where the plaintiff not a resident of the State of Maryland, the
justice of the peace shall, upon motion of the defendant, require the plain-
tiff to give security for the payment of the costs and charges, which may
be recovered against him in such action; when such security is required,
in any case, the plaintiff shall be entitled to a continuance for not less than
six nor more than fourteen days, and if the security required be not then
given he shall be nonsuited.

1894, ch. 347, sec. 2.

378. In all cases of appeal from justices of the peace in said county
to the Circuit Court, the plaintiff, if he be a non-resident of the State of
Maryland, may be required to give security for costs in the same manner
and to the same extent, in all respects, as if the case had originated in the
Circuit Court for said county.