Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-01
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. MONDAY, JANUARY l., 1927.
A BILL

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To secure the more ~effectual collection OF the fees OF
the clerk of the district court of the District OF Co
lumbia. and of the circuit court of the said district,
for the county of Alexandra. =
Be IL enneted BIZ The Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the Unihd States Of amsr'ea in
Congress assembled, That the clerk oil the district
court Of the United States, for the District OF
Columbia, and Of the circuit court OF the Uni
ted States, for the couRty OF Alexandra, and
District Of Columbia, is hereby authorized, once
in each wear, TO put his Ice bills into the hands
of the marshal Of the District OF Columbia, and
the marshal shall receive said fee bills, and give
the clerk a receipt therefor, and shall collect
the same; and the said marshal shall, at the end
of six mouths from the date OF his receipt, ac-
count for the same with the said clerk, abatlng
six per cent, as a compensation for collection,
and making allowance fer insolvents and non
residents, having no estate out OF which said
fee bills can be made, within the DlslrIct oil
Columbia. The marshal, before he returns any
fee bill as insolvent, or as due from a non-res
iden,, shall make due enquiry for the person or
persons against whom the fee bills are charge
able, and for his or her property, and SHALL, IN
all cases, render his account OF insoIve2ts and
non-residents, upon oath. The said marshal
shall return no fee bill, for which he has not
made a demand upon the person against whom
il is chareeable, if he be i resident within the
District Of Columbia. The marshal, or his
deputies, shall possess the same power oil max
ing distress and sale, for said fees, throughout
THE District Of Columbia, which now, BY law,
exists in the county Of Alexandria.
Sec. ,. ind be IL further enacted, That it shall
be lawful Cor the said clerk, when any fee bill or
bills shall be returned by the marshal, as insol-
vent, or S due from non-resideuts, 10 apply TO
the circuit coIrt for the county of Alexandria,
in writing, setting forth, in his application.
that said insolvent or nonresident, is the own
er Of stock in any Of the Incorporated compan-
les IN the District Of Columbia, f"r a summons
against such i~nsolvent or nonresident, to snow
cause, at q day to be fixed by the court, why a
suficiency Of said stock shall not be sold. 10
pay and satisfy said fee bills; and 1t shall Of
lawful for said court, upon the return OF such
su mlnous, duly executed, TO make such order,
andrender spchjudgment, as in their opinion,
may seem JUST and equitable
~ SEC. 3. find be ii further enacted, That, If the
marshal shall, at the expiration OF six months,
as aforesaid, refuse or fail to account for, and
pay over 20 the clerk Of either of the courts a.
~foresaid, or his duly authorized agent, the whole
amour, OF fees, ps,t into his hauds TO collect, as
aforesaid, and with which he is lawfully charge
able, in the manner herein before provided, II
shall, and may be lawful for the clerk OF the
said courts, his executors or administrators, up
on motion to the court, Of which he is clerk, to
demand and receive Judgment against the mar
shall aud his securities, jointly and severslly, or
hissor their executors or administrators, Tor the
amount Of fees wherewith the said marshal
shall be legally chargeable, and damages. al the
- -at m a,pn,,, .wrIuSIxo OE
Interest, to be computed from the time at which,
according to law, he iSbound to pay or account
for said fee bills, upon the amount with which
heS may BE- chargeable, as aforesaid; and such
court is hereby authorized and required 10 give
Judgment accordingly, and to award execution
thereupon: Provided, that not less than ten days
notice be given, in all cases, Of such motion.
SEQ. 4. find be IL farther enacted, That, where
the marshal shall, BY the order or judgment Of
the court, be directed to make sale or distress Of
the stock; or any part or portion thereof, in any
incorporated company, as aforesaid, belonging
70 anv person from whom fee bills may be due;
as aforesaid, it shall be the duty OF the proper
officers Of the said companies, upon application
10 them, made by the marshal, TO give to him
information, as 10 any stock that may be st nd.
ing on the books Of said company, in the name,
and for the benefit of the person against whom
said order or Judgment is rendered, as aforesaid,
and upon which, said company may not have a
prior lien; any sale made by the marshal. under
any order Of court, rendered as aforesaid, and
entered Of record, shall operate as a sufficient
transfer Of said stock, saving the rights and in
tsrests Of all persons, except the person against
whom said order or judgment may be rendered.
Pyomotion.-On one occasion, on the parade,
a Young officer stepped out Of the ranks in ex-
treme agitation, to complain that he had been
i'll used, slighted, and passed over, and that he
had been Eve years a lieutenant without being
able to obtain promotion. "Calm yourself"
said the Emperor, 81 was seven years lieute-
pant, aud yet you see a man may push himself
forward for all that Every body laughed,
and the young officer, suddenly cooled by these
few words, returned to his place.
anecdotes Of Napoleon.
~Roser, rheys uas L9"-At Kenwyn, during
divine service, two dogs, one Of which was the
parsons, were fighting al the west cad OF the
church. The parson, who was then Meading
the second lesson, rushed out to part them; and
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