WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1839.

liable to be sued in the name and on behalf of the officer
making such seizure or arrest, and upon judgment on the
same, one fourth thereof shall be entered for the use of
such officer, one fourth for the use of the parties aiding in
such seizure or arrest, and the balance for the use of the
county.

CHAP. 30.
To be sued.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act and all former
acts relating to the same subject shall be given in charge
to the grand juries of St. Mary's, Charles and Prince

To be given in
charge to grand

juries.

George's counties, and that the said juries be instructed to
indict as for a misdemeanor, all persons offending against
said laws, and the court shall proceed to try and punish
such offenders by fine and imprisonment.

Indictment.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That all provisions of any
former act upon the same subject inconsistent with this
law, be and the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 30.

Inconsistent

acts repealed.

A supplement to the act of seventeen hundred and seventy-
nine, chapter twenty-five, regulating Officers Fees.

Passed Mar. 19,
1840.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
the sheriff of St. Mary's county shall receive eight per
cent, upon all officers fees by him collected.

Sheriff to re-
ceive 8 per ct.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act, be and they are hereby-
repealed.

Repealed.