1837.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 271.

praisers on distress for rent, for each appraiser sum-
moned, twenty cents; for swearing appraisers each
ten cents.

Shall keep doc-
kets.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall he. the duty
of the several constables in the several election dis-
tricts in said comity to keep a regular docket, in
which they shall enter all cases which may be placed

Manner of en-
tries.

in their hands for service or collection, in the follow-
ing manner: A. B. vs. C. D. debt, whatever the
amount may he, receipted for this day of —— in the
year of —— which said docket, so kept by said con-
stable, shall he placed in the hands of the chief jus-
tices of the district, annually, for which said consta-
ble or constables may have been appointed; and the
said chief justice of the district, in the hands of whom
it may be placed, shall cause the said constable so pla-
cing his docket in the hands of said chief justice, to

Affidavit there-
on.

endorse thereon the following affidavit: Maryland,
Anne Arundel county, sct. Personally appeared before
me, Chief Justice of the Magistrates' Court for the
——— election district in Anne Arundel county, A. B.
one of the constables thereof, and made oath on the
Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that the docket re-
turned and placed in the hands of —— chief justice of
the —— election district in said county, is a true and
faithful record of all proceedings and business placed
in his hands during the year for which said docket has
been kept.

Case of neglect
of duties.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any constable
or constables, appointed under the provisions of this
act, shall fail, neglect or refuse to keep, return, or
place in the hands of the Chief Justice of the Magis-
trates' Court for the election district in which he is
appointed, the said constable or constables so refusing,
neglecting or failing to comply with the provisions of

Liable to $50
penalty.

this act, shall forfeit and pay over to the said chief
justice of the election district for which he may be ap-
pointed, the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered as
debts are now recovered before the magistrates' courts
in said county, and applied or accounted for in the
same manner as all other money is accounted for un-
der the provisions of the law now regulating magis-
trates' courts in said county.