658 Assembly Proceedings, May 16-July 11, 1747.

Session Laws

the Provincial Court for the Time being, shall, and he is hereby
obliged, authorized and directed to enter such Bond and Order, and
immediately thereupon to make out such Execution as shall be re-
quired under the Hands of the said Commissioners for the Time
being, and directed to such Sheriff, Coroner, or other Officer or
Officers, as the Case may require; and such Sheriff or Sheriffs,
Coroner or Coroners, or other Officer or Officers, as the Case shall
or may require, are hereby impowered and directed to execute the
same in common Form, as such Writs or Executions usually have
been, should, or ought to be executed.
And whereas the Credit of the Office of the Commissioners or
Trustees aforesaid, hath been, and ought to be supported; It is
hereby Enacted, That no Bond or Bonds taken, or to be taken in
the said Office by the Commissioners or Trustees aforesaid, in Vir-
tue or by Directions of the recited Act aforesaid, shall be effected

Bonds not
to be
effected by
Act of
Limitation

by any Act for Limitation of Actions within this Province, but that
such Bond or Bonds so taken or to be taken by the said Commis-
sioners or Trustees, shall remain, and be good and effectual in Law,
during the Continuance of the Act, entituled, An Act for Emitting
and making Current Ninety Thousand Pounds, Current Money of
Maryland, in Bills of Credit; any Law, Statute, Usage or Custom
to the contrary notwithstanding.

Officers not
to extort
Fees

And be it Enacted, That from and after the End of this Session
of Assembly, it shall not be lawful for any Sheriff or Coroner, to
charge to, or take from any Person or Persons within this Province,
any other or greater Execution Fee than such as shall arise on what
shall be really due on such Bond or Bonds. And for Prevention of
exorbitant Fees being taken by Attorneys practising in any Courts
of Record within this Province, and of Clerks from multiplying
Suits in the County Courts,
Be it likewise Enacted and Declared, That from and after the End
of this Session of Assembly, it shall not be lawful for any Attorney
practising within this Province, to charge or take more thon one Fee
for or upon any Bond or Bonds whatsoever, altho' there shall or may
be one or more Surety or Sureties in such Bond or Bonds for suing
or bringing the same to Judgment and Execution, or for Defence of
the same Action, rating such Fee or Fees from the real Ballance due
and owing upon the Sum mentioned in the Condition of such Bond
or Bonds.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from

County
Clerks not
to issue
more than
one Declara-
tion against
them

and after the End of this Session of Assembly, it shall not be lawful
for any County Clerk within this Province, to issue or make out
any more than one Writ or Declaration on such Bond or Bonds,
wherein the Principal and Surety or Sureties reside in one and the
same County; but that in all such Cases one Action only shall be
founded on such Bond or Bonds; which Suit shall not abate during