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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0254 and id is 1 raw text is: 1009. 1840i
LNo. 35.] AN ACT
To increase the pay of Jurors and Witnessesin ito County of ClarkA.
Section 1. Be it enactpd by the Senate and IHouse of Repreetatives of
the State of Alabama ii General Assembly convened, 'hat from and after Pa efjute
the passage of this not, the Jurors ant Witnepses, who. May be corn- Increased.
pelled to attend either the County or Circuit, Courts of said County
of Clarke, shall be entitled to receive as compensation for their ser-
vices, two dollars and fifty cents per day, instead of the per diem
pay, which is now allowed by law, and the mileage now allowed by
law, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, Dec. 10, 1839.
INo. 30.] AN ACT
To tax Suits at Law, in the County of Washington, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Stole of Alabama in General Assembly convened, 'That there shall be L.
tax of two dollars imposed on all suits at law, hereafter' commenced Tax on ,uhtr.
or instituted in the Circuit Court of the County of Washington, or Judie, &c.
taken to said court by appeal or otherwise, to be taxed by the Clerk
in the bill of costs and when collected, to be paid over to the
County Treasurer for the use of said county.
Sec. 2. Andbe itfurther enacled, That the Judge of the Coun.
ty Court and Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of said County
of Washington, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, Sherircom-
to levy and assess such tax, upon real and personal estate in said pensanon.
county, as they may think necessary for the use of said county, to
he collected in the manner now pointed out by law ; and the sherif'
of said county shall be entitled to receive, as compensation for col-
lecting said taxes, twenty per centum, on the whole amount collect-
ed by him, and paid over to the Treasurer of said County : Provitf- Proviso
ed, however, That he shall not receive more than two hundred dol-
lars, as commissions for collecting the taxes of any one year.,
Sec. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That the Clerk of the Coun-
ty Court of said County of Washington, shall receive the sumi of Clerk's fees.
fifty dollars per annum, for ea oficio services, performed by him, in-
stead of the sum now allowed by law, as full compensation for such
services.
Sec. 4. And be it furt/her enacted, That all lvaws and parts of
laws contravening the provisions of this act, be, anti the same are
hereby repealed. Approved, Jan. 31, 1840.
INo. 37.] AN ACT
To provide for the sale of Lands and Slaves in the Town of Decatur, in certain cases.
Whereas, froin the pectliar local division of the, settlements in the
county of Morgan, it is often prejudicial to the interest of both deb- Preamble.
tors and creditors, that lands and slaves, taken in execution in said
county, lying an4 being in the western parts thereof, should be ex-
posed to sale at the courthouse in said county, for retiedy whereof :
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 1ousc'of Representa-
lives of the State of Alabama. in General Assembil convened, That
it shall be the duty ofr the Sheriff or Coroner of the said county of](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0254&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)