EDWARD LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. NOVEMBER.

CHAP. CXVII.

1809.

An ACT authorising Thomas Taylor, late Sheriff of Caecil County,
to complete his Collection.

BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the said Thomas Taylor be and he is
hereby authorised and empowered to collect, until the first day of December, eighteen hundred
and ten, all balances due him as sheriff of Caecil county for the year eighteen hundred and nine, in
the same manner as he could or might have done within the time limitted by law, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding.

II. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of the said Thomas Taylor, before he pro-
ceeds to execute or distrain the property of any person or persons for officers fees or public dues in
virtue of this act, to deliver to such person or persons chargeable with the same, at least thirty days
previous to levying such execution or distress, an account, written in words at full length, of the
officers fees or public dues demanded of him, her or them, with an affidavit annexed, if required,
that he hath not received any part thereof, nor any thing as security or satisfaction for the same,
more than credit given, to the best of his knowledge.

III. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said Thomas Taylor, before he derives any benefit from or
under this act, shall lodge a copy of his collection books in the clerk's office of Caecil county, no be
open for the inspection of all persons interested in the same.

CHAP. CXVIII.

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.

A Supplement to the Act, entitled, An Act to authorise and empower
the Court of Appeals for the Western Shore to hear and determine
the matter of the Decree of the late Court of Appeals of June Term,
eighteen hundred, between Benedict Edward Hall, Executor of Amos
Garratt, deceased, and Administrator de bonis non with the Will
annexed of Peter Dicks, deceased, and the Representatives of Jacob
Giles, deceased.

WHEREAS by the original act, to which this is a supplement, the court of appeals are autho-
rised, empowered and directed, to hear and determine the matter of the decree of the court
of appals in the case of the aft named, in the same manner as if the decree had never been made:
And whereas considerable expenses have been incurred, and much time consumed, in the subsequent
proceedings, founded on the decree made in the said cause, and doubts are entertained whether the
said future proceedings can be considered part of the case, even in the event of the court of appeals
now authorised to act in the said case under the original act concurring with the former court of ap-
peals, that an account should be had between the parties as before deceased; to avoid all further de-
lay and further expenses,

11. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in the event of the court of appeals,
by the act to which this is a supplement, authorised to determine the matter of the decree aforesaid,
determining in the same manner ns the former court of appeals, or determining that there should be
an account, that then, or in either case, all the statements and proceedings that have taken place
under the decree of June term, eighteen hundred, shall be and they are hereby declared to stand be-
fore the court of appeals authorised to determine the case, in the same manner, and with the same
effect, as if the act, to which this is a supplement, had not passed; provided nevertheless, that if
the court of appeals should be of opinion that justice cannot be done between the parties by reason
Of the provisions of this supplement, that then and in that case they shall proceed in the same man-
ner as they could or would have been authorised to have done if this supplement had not passed.

CHAP. CXIX.

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.

A Supplement to an Act, entitled, An Act for the benefit of the Heirs
of Doctor Daniel Jenifer.

WHEREAS by the act, to which this is a supplement, no provision is made for compensating
the trustee or trustees to be appointed by the said act; therefore,

Passed 6th of
Jan. 1810.