J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                                913

CHAPTER 604
(House Bill 280)

AN ACT to repeal and to re-enact with amendments, Section 26 of

Article 36, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1960 Edition,

Cumulative Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-title

"Sheriffs", to increase the fee for serving fieri facias in Baltimore

County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 26 of Article 36 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
(1960 Edition, Cumulative Supplement), title "Fees of Officers", sub-
title "Sheriffs", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

26. Poundage fees; fees for serving fieri facias in certain localities.
The sheriff shall have as poundage fees computed upon the value of
the personal property or the amount of the debt whichever is less
for levying an execution at the rate of seven and a half per cent, on
the first twenty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, and at the rate of
three per cent, on the residue, but if execution be laid on any interest
in lands only one half of the poundage fees shall be charged, and if
laid upon lands and the lands be not sold by the sheriff he shall charge
only one fourth of the poundage fees aforesaid and if upon personal
property and the same be not sold by the sheriff he shall charge three
per cent, as mentioned above. Provided, however, that in addition
to the above fees, the Sheriff of Baltimore City [and the Sheriff of
Baltimore County] shall receive for his services in serving each writ
of fieri facias a fee of "one dollar and fifteen cents ($1.15), and the
Sheriff of Baltimore County shall receive for his services in serving
each writ of fieri facias a fee of five dollars ($5.00), and the clerk
of the court shall not issue said writ until the person, firm or corpora-
tion ordering the issuance of the same shall pay said fee to said clerk,
which fee shall be paid to the sheriff when said writ was delivered
to him. Provided, further, that in addition to the above fees the
Sheriff of Wicomico County shall receive for his services in serving
each writ of fieri facias a fee of two dollars ($2.00), and the clerk
of the court shall not issue said writ until the person, firm or corpora-
tion ordering the issuance of the same shall pay said fee to said
clerk; and the clerk shall forward the fee directly to the county
treasurer of Wicomico County. If there is a sale of the property
seized under the writ of fieri facias, the aforesaid $2.00 fee shall be
credited to the court costs, however, if no property is seized the
$2.00 shall be forfeited.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 605
(House Bill 296)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1620 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1953