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LAWS of MARYLAND.
so due as aforesaid, and the sheriff shall, on or before the twentieth
day of
October yearly, pay to each creditor all the money he shall or might have
received
in satisfaction of their several and respective debts; and if any sheriff
shall
not make payment according to the directions of this act, such sheriff
shall forfeit
and pay to the party grieved, if he shall sue the sheriff only, double
the money,
to be recovered with costs, by action of debt or action on the case, founded
on
this act, in which it shall be sufficient for the plaintiff to allege,
that the defendant
is indebted to him or received to his use the sum of money claimed by him,
whereby action accrued to him according to the form of this act, without
setting
forth the special matter, but if the party shall sue on the sheriff's bond,
he shall
recover only his debt, interest and cost. |
Suits to be
commenced
within one
year. |
XIX. And be
it enacted, That no prosecution or suit shall be commenced for
any penalty or forfeiture imposed by this act, unless within one year from
the
time of the offence committed. |
Fees to be
paid at 12l.
10s. per hundred,
&c. |
XX. And be it
enacted, That for all officers fees to become due in virtue of
this act, where ready money is paid or offered to be paid, the officer
entitled to
receive the same shall have and receive money for the same, at the rate
of twelve
pounds ten shillings common currency per hundred, until the general assembly
shall take further order therein, any thing herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding. |
Attornies fees
to be paid at
10l. per cent. |
XXI. And be
it enacted, That all tobacco hereafter to become due for attornies
fees, shall be discharged in money at ten pounds per centum, any
law to the contrary
notwithstanding. |
Fees to be
paid in. |
XXII. WHEREAS it is inconsistent with the
declaration of rights, that the
chancellor, or judge of the admiralty, shall take fees or perquisites of
any kind,
and it is apprehended that private individuals, who have business done
for them
in the chancery court, or court of admiralty, or who may have the great
seal
affixed to any patent, commission, or other paper, for their benefit, should
pay
for the same; Be it enacted, That
all persons who may have services done in
said courts, or who may have the great seal affixed to any patent, commission
or
other paper, for their benefit, shall pay to the register of the said courts
respectively
according to the following table. |
Chancery,
and for the
great seal. |
FEES in CHANCERY and for the GREAT SEAL.
For the seal of an original writ
The seal of recordari
The seal of a subpœna ad respondendum,
with three names or under
The seal of a proclamation of rebellion
The seal of a commission of rebellion
The seal of a grant or patent of
land for five hundred acres or
under
The seal of every patent or grant
for every quantity above five
hundred acres, for every hundred
acres
Seal of a decree in chancery, if required
Seal of an injunction in chancery
Seal of an audita querela
Seal to execution of a decree in
chancery |
lb. Tob.
4
10
12
270
270
90
10
320
180
90
120 |
Seal of a writ of covenant for passing
fine
Seal of a commission to take acknowledgment
The seal of a writ of error to the
court of appeals
Seal to a scire facias thereupon
Seal to a supersedeas thereupon
Seal to a certiorari
The seal to an exemplification of
land, the same with the patent
or grant
The chancellor's hand to a writ of
covenant
A seal to a mandamus, when not
for the benefit of the public
A seal to a melius inquirendum, when
not for the benefit of the public
Seal of a supersedeas to a commission
of rebellion or supplicavit
The seal of a sheriff's patent for
his office |
lb. Tob.
12
90
180
180
180
180
180
90
90
180
290 |
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