The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-06-03
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AN ACT to regulate and make uniform the fe

AN ACT to regulate and make uniform the fees
of Constabes. sa9lg Ljlo
Section L. Beiit enacted By the General ASSEM-
bly, of Maryland, That. all Public Local Laws
relating to the fees of Constables be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be &C. fatrtEeY. enacted, Thatthe 18th
and thirteenth sections of Article thirtY4eight
of the Code of Public General Laws, relating to
the fees of Constables be amended and re-en-
acted, SO as to read as follows: aq vne IN s.fa-
+ IL. The several Constables in this State shall
be entitled to demand and receive the following
fees, to wit: -af5i i4y.oi3s eaigeH
For serving State warrant and return, seven
ty-fve cents; for serving search. warrant sew
enty-f cents; for serving summons in civil
suit and return; forty FIVE cents for serving
summons for witness and return, each witness,
twenty cents; for serving sceri facias and re-
turn forty cents for levying fieri facas and re-
turn twenty cents; fordelivering person COM
mitted over to. Jailor, seventy five cents, and
FIVE cents per mile for every mile he may have
to travel, and the actual necessary travelling
expenses Of each prisoner; for summoning jury
on inquest, each juror; fifteen cents; for levy
ing attachments for contempt, seventy-five
cents; for serving writ Of replevin and return,
forty five cents for serving warrant for dis
traint, twenty five cents; for summoning and
swearing appraisers on distress for rent, and in
replevin, each appraiser, twenty five cents for
garnishee, fifty cents; for killing dog, found
killing sheep, to be paid by the the owner of
the dog, four dollars; for poundage fees on any
dstraint replevin, attachment on fieri facias,
eight per cent. on the first twenty live dollars,
and three per cent: on the residue; but if the
defendant shall supersede the judgment on
which the execution or attachment shall have
issued, within four days after the same shall
have been levied or served, the Constable shall
only be entitled to receive one half of said poun
dage fees @for arresting any person charged
with misdemeanor for entering any enclosure
and destroying property therein, in the limits
of the city of Baltimore or within four miles
thereof, one sdollarEG hgG s1ai ein793zs09 or
d 1S..The County Commissioners in the several
counties, and the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall levy, on the assessable property
Of their respective counties or the said city, the
amount of fees that the Constables of the sew
eral counties or the said city are entitled to re-
ceive for executing business; prOUided
that nothing contained in this section shall ex-
empt any criminal from paying the cost of his
arrest if he shall be of sufficient ability to do
so. .9Ii IT tsEisisg gu ,.ta oIolal3sGd &AI
Sec. 8. And6e it further enacted, Thatthis act
shall take effect from the date of its passage and
shall continue in force until the first day of
April, eighteen hundred and sixty seveuy from
and after which last mentioned date this act
shall be null and void and of no effect whatever.
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