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seventy-five cents; for serving writ of replevin and return, forty-
five cents; for serving warrant for distraint, twenty-five cents;
for summoning and swearing appraisers on distress for rent, and
in replevin, each appraiser, twenty-five cents; for serving an at-
tachment in the hands of each garnishee, fifty cents; for killing
dog found killing sheep, to be paid by the owner of the dog,
four dollars; for poundage fees on any distraint, replevin, attach-
ment or fieri facias, eight per cent, on the first twenty-five dol-
lars, and three per cent, on the residue; but if the defendant
shall supersede the judgment on which the execution or attach-
ment shall have issued, within four days after the same shall
have been levied or served, the constable shall only be entitled
to receive one half of said poundage fees; for arresting any
person charged with a misdemeanor for entering any enclosure
and destroying property therein, in the limits of the city of
Baltimore or within four miles thereof, one dollar.

3. The County Commissioners in the several counties, and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall levy on the assessable
property of their respective counties or the said city, the amount
of fees that the constables of the several counties or the said
city are entitled to receive, for executing criminal business; pro-
vided, that nothing contained in this section shall exempt any
criminal from paying the cost of his arrest, if he shall be of
sufficient ability to do so.

4. All Public Local Laws relating to the fees of constables are
hereby repealed.

In force from March 20, 1865, until April 1, 1867, from and after which last men-
tioned date this act shall be null and void and of no effect whatever.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Chapter 79 repeals sections 17, 18, 19, and enacts the following in lieu thereof:

5. The justices of the peace of this State shall be entitled to
receive the fees allowed in the following table, and such fees
shall be taxed and paid by the party against whom judgment
shall be rendered, to wit: for issuing each summons In debt or
damages, or writ of replevin, twenty-five cents; for each sum-