1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 336.

vided, that the sum so levied shall not exceed four thou-
sand dollars; And provided further, that not more
than one-fourth of such sum shall be levied in any
one year.

Arrear of
taxes due.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said county
commissioners, be, and they are hereby authorised and
directed to use and apply for the purposes aforesaid, all
arrears of Taxes due to said county from the Baltimore,
Wilmington and Philadelphia Rail Road Company,
and any unappropriated amount in the hands of said
county commissioners which may have been received
from said company.

Commission-
ers appointed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if the said county
commissioners shall determine that such building shall
be proceeded with, Otho Scott, Thomas A. Hays and
Ramsey McHenry, be, and they are hereby appointed
commissioners, to plan, contract for and superintend
the construction of said building, and to provide the
necessary material therefor, and that no money to be
expended for the purposes aforesaid be paid, except on
the order of said commissioners or a majority thereof.

Money due
from rail road
company,

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the money now
due to Harford county from the Philadelphia, Wil-
mington and Baltimore Rail Road Company, for taxes
in arrears, and the amount recently paid by said com-
pany on account of said arrearages of taxes or so much
thereof as will be equal to the sum authorised to be
levied in the first section of this act, are hereby appro-
printed to the re-building of said gaol, and the sum or
sums now received, and those which may bo received,
within three years from the passage of this act, shall,
as they are received, be deducted from the amount un-
levied for, and one-fourth of the deficiency only, if
there should be any, shall be levied in any one year.

CHAPTER 336.

Passed May
31, 1852.

AN ACT to prescribe the proceedings in Civil ac-
tions, in the Courts of this State, when the return
upon the summons is non est.

Civil suits or
actions at law.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That in all civil suits or actions at law,
in the courts of this State, if the return shall he non est,
the same remedies and proceedings in such case shall be