THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That anything in the original
act to which this is a supplementary act, inconsistent
with the provisions of this act be, and the same are
hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 159.

CHAP. 159.

Repealed.

An act relating to Causes for Trial, removed to the
Court of Howard District.

Passed March
1, 1847.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
that no cause, civil or criminal, removed from any of the
counties of this State, or the city of Baltimore, to the
court of Howard District, shall be taken up for trial,
until all the business originating in said district, ready
for trial, and which shall require the intervention of a
jury, shall be tried, dismissed, continued or otherwise
disposed of for that term.

Removed cau-
ses to Howard
District.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the clerk of Howard District court, to note upon the
minutes of proceedings of said court, the day on which
the court shall have disposed of the business of the dis-
trict ready for trial as aforesaid, and originating therein,
and to keep an account of the number of days
employed in the transaction, trial, determination or other
disposition of the causes so removed, and to make out
and transmit to the board of commissioners or levy court
of the county, or to the register of the city of Baltimore,
from which such causes may have been removed, an ac-
count of the legal charges for attendance of the jurors,
bailiffs and other officers of court, during such time so
as aforesaid employed during the trial of such removed
causes; which amount, it shall be the duty of the board

Duty of clerk.

of commissioners, levy court, or other proper authorities
of the county or city where such causes originated, to

levy upon the assessable property in their respective
counties or city, to be collected as other county or city
charges of a similar character, and now collected and
paid over by the board of commissioners, levy court, or
register of the county or city where such causes may
have originated, to the board of commissioners of How-
ard District, or to their order, for the use of said district.

Duty of com-
misioners.