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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
on the amount of the appraisement whenever the
case shall be settled, which appraisement shall
be
first certified to be correct by the justice issuing
the
writ of replevin.
For serving ca. sa; fi. fa, or sci. fa, and return,
0 331/3
For serving a state warrant in all cases of trespass vi
et armis, trespass clausum fregit, to be paid by
the party applying for the same,
0 50 |
188
Dec. Ses. 1825. |
2. And be it enacted, That this supplementary
act shall be
taken and construed to extend to all claims and demands that
shall accrue or arise after the first day of April next. |
To commence. |
3. And be it enacted, That any clause,
matter or thing, in
any act contrary to the provisions of this supplement be, and
the same is hereby repealed. |
Repeal. |
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CHAPTER 195.
An act to repeal certain acts of Assembly relative to amerciaments,
and
to lay a Tax on plaintiffs who may institute actions
at law in the several
county courts of this state. |
Passed March
7, 1826. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland,
That instead of the amerciaments imposed by law upon every
plaintiff or defendant, not being an executor, administrator or
minor, who shall be cast in any suit or action, there shall be and
hereby is imposed upon every plaintiff or plaintiffs who may, after
the first day of May next institute or being any suit or action
at law in any county court of this state, or other court having
the jurisdiction of a county court, the sum of fifty cents, to be
paid to the clerk of the court in which such suit or action may
be instituted or brought, at the time of instituting or bringing
the same, and shall be taxed and allowed in the costs of such
suit or action; and the bond of such clerk shall be answerable
therefor, and he shall on or before the first day of November in
each and every year, settle his account for all money by him so
received, on oath or affirmation, with the treasurer of his shore,
and shall pay the sum adjusted to the said treasurer within thirty
days after such settlement under the penalty of paying twenty
per cent. on the money in his hands; and every such clerk
may retain at the rate of six per cent. for his trouble in receiving
and paying the said tax according to this act. |
Tax on suit
instead of
amerciament
—clerks to
account; penalty. |
2. And be it enacted, That all and
every act or acts of assembly
regulating amerciaments and directing the manner of their
collection and application, that is to say, the eleventh and
twelvth sections of the act of seventeen hundred and fifteen,
chapter forty-one, the first and second sections of the act of seventeen
hundred and twenty-two, chapter twelve, and the second
section of the act of February session, seventeen hundred and |
Repeal. |
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