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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Proviso.
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as fees have been heretofore collected; and such
sheriffs shall use and have the same means of enforceing
payment of, and collecting said fees, and be
liable to the said Augustus R. Sollers, late clerk as
aforesaid, on their official bonds given and approved
at the time such fees are placed in their hands in the
manner now provided by by the existing laws of this
State; Provided, that nothing in this act shall be
so construed as to deprive the said Augustus R. Sollers
from collecting said fees by warrant, suit or otherwise.
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Fees to be
placed in
hands of
sheriff.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted,
That all fees due the
said Augustus R. Sollers, late clerk as aforesaid, may
be placed in the hands of the sheriffs of the several
counties of this State, and of the city of Baltimore,
wherein the debtor or debtors reside, at any time, during
the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three; and that
such sheriffs shall account for any pay over the same
within nine months from the time such fees shall be
placed in their hands for collection as aforesaid, and on
failure to collect and pay over the same within the
time required by this act to the said Augustus R. Sollers,
the official bonds given and approved as aforesaid,
of such sheriffs, shall be liable to be put in suit at the
instance and for the use of the said Augustus R.
Sollers.
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Failure to
collect.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this act
contained, shall be construed to make any sheriff answerable
for the failure to collect any fees, unless the
same by the use of due diligence could have been collected.
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In force.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That this act shall take
effect and be in full force from and after its passage.
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Passed May
27, 1853.
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CHAPTER 299.
AN ACT to carry into effect the twenty-second section
of the fourth article of the Constitution in relation
to
non-resident or absent defendants to suits in Equity
in the several Courts of this State.
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Proper person
to be appointed.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That whenever an order of publication
has been or shall be duly had and published in any
cause now pending or hereafter to be instituted on the
equity side of any of the courts of this State, wherein
the judge of said court, is or may be disqualified from
sitting by reason of any of the disabilities mentioned
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