1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 155.
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in his discretion think it expedient so to do, or when-
ever the proceeds may be required to defray the ordi-
ary expenses of the Treasury, and the proceeds of
he said sale or sales as received, shall be applied

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by the said Treasurer to the said purpose: provided,
however, that no part of said capital stork shall at any
me be sold for less than an advance or premium of
six dollars on each and every share of capital stock to
be sold as aforesaid.

CHAPTER 155.

Passed Mar. 10
1836.

An act to ascertain the allowance of the Sheriff of Anne
Arundel county for keeping persons in Jail, and to
provide for the maintenance of debtors actually con-
fined in prison.

25 cents per day

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this
act it shall and may be lawful for the sheriff of Anne
Arundel county to ask, demand and receive for keeping
each prisoner in gaol and finding him or her in victuals,
twenty-five cents per day, and no more, to be levied
and collected as heretofore, any law or usage to the
contrary notwithstanding.

1 dollar 75 cents

per week for

debtors

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in lieu of the sum
of eighty-seven and a half cents per week, which the
said sheriff is now entitled to receive for the support
and maintenance of every debtor arrested on a capias
ad satisfaciendum, it shall and may be lawful for said
sheriff to demand and receive the sum of one dollar and
seventy-five cents per week, to be paid according to
the provisions of an act, entitled, an act, entitled, an
act to provide for the support and maintenance of debt-
ors actually confined in prison, passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and twenty.