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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

on distress for rent, and in replevin, each apprais-
er, twenty-five cents; for serving an attachment 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, attachment or fieri facias, eight
per cent, on the first twenty-five dollars, and three
per cent, on the residue; but if the defendant shall
supersede the judgment on which the execution or
attachment shall have issued, within four days af-
ter 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 en-
closure and destroying property therein, in the
limits of the city of Baltimore or within four miles
thereof, one dollar.

Levy to be
made.

13. The County Commissioners in the several
counties, and the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more 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

Proviso.

said city are entitled to receive for executing crimi-
nal business; provided, 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.

Limited.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage .and
shall continue in force until the first day of April
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, from and after
which last mentioned date this act shall be null
and void and of no effect whatever.