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LAWS OF MAKYLAND.

SEC. 31 A. That the county commissioners of Garrett county ,

shall levy annually for the crier of the circuit court for said

Per diem

county, two dollars and fifty cents per day for his services as such

crier, and the treasurer for said county shall pay said crier at the

close of each session of the court for his services during said ses-

sion.

Repeal

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That section eighteen, of article thirty-
six, of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Pees
of Officers," sub-title " Criers," be, so far as the same relates to

Garrett county, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent

with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved March 27, 1890.

CHAPTER 193.

AN ACT to reimburse moneys erroneously paid into the State

treasury on account of marriage licenses issued under chapter

four hundred and ninety-seven, of the acts of assembly eighteen

hundred and eighty-six, by the clerks of the circuit courts of

this State.

WHEREAS, by a decision of the court of appeals of Maryland,

in the case of the State versus Davis, vide seventy Maryland reports,

Preamble.

page two hundred and thirty-seven, it was determined that all

moneys under chapter four hundred and ninety-seven, of the acts

of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, were legally retainable by the

clerks of the court issuing the same; and,

WHEREAS, under a misinterpretation of said law, and until the

Preamble.

above case was decided, the clerks of courts herein mentioned did

pay into the State treasury the various amounts hereinbelow as-

certained; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ty the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the comptroller of the treasury is hereby authorized and di-

rected to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer in favor of the

following parties for amounts as follows : to Theodore Luman, clerk

circuit court for Allegany county, two hundred and eighty-one

To repay.

dollars and twenty-three cents; to Sprigg Harwood, clerk circuit

court for Anne Arundel county, two hundred and thirty-one dol-

lars and thirty-four cents; to John Sedwick, clerk circuit court

for Calvert county, eighty dollars and seventy-three cents; to

Luther H. Gadd, clerk circuit court for Caroline county, one

hundred and forty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents; to J.

Samuel Turner, clerk circuit court for Charles county, eighty