T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

CHAPTER 377.

CHAP. 378.

AN ACT to repeal the two hundred and seventy-

seventh section of the fourth article of the Code
of Public Local Law, relating to the inspection
of fish in the city of Baltimore.

Passed March
10, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the two hundred and seventy-
seventh section of article four of the Code of Public
Local Law, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
go into effect from the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 378.

In force.

AT ACT to amend the twelfth section of article
thirty-eight of the Code of Public General Laws,
relating to fees of officers.

Passed March
10, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the twelfth section of article
thirty-eight, of the Code of Public General Laws,
be and the same is hereby repealed, and the follow-

Repealed.

ing enacted as a substitute therefor: The several
constables in this State shall be entitled to demand
and receive the following fees, to wit: For serving
State warrants and return, fifty cents; for serving
summons in civil suit and return, thirty-three
cents; for serving summons for witness and return,
sixteen cents; for scire facias and return, thirty-
three cents; for inflicting stripes, agreeable to a
judgment of a justice of the peace, fifty cents; for
delivering a person committed over to the jailor,
fifty cents, and five cents per mile for every mile
he may have to travel after the first five miles;
for dispersing tumultuous meetings of negroes,
per year, such sum as the county commissioners
may think proper, not exceeding eight dol-
lars; for taking up runaways, the several sums
required by the law relating to runaway negroes;
for levying fieri facias and returned, twelve and a

Constables'
fees.