State ex rel. Levy Court v. Merryman
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore County Court. Debt by the appellant against the appellee, (the defendant in that court,) brought upon the following bond, viz.
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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. Debt by the appellant against the appellee, (the defendant in that court,) brought upon the following bond, viz. “Know all men by these presents, that we William Merryman, John Merryman, of Benjamin, and Nicholas Merryman, all of Baltimore county, in the state ef Maryland, are held and firxaly bound unto the said state of Maryland, in the full and just sum of fifty-one thousand four hundred and forty-one pounds two shillings and sixpence, current money of the state of Maryland, to be paid to the said state; to the which payment, well and truly to be made…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. By the first section of the act of 1794, ch. 53, and the third section of the act of 1798, ch. 34, the justices of the levy courts of the several counties of the state, are “authorised and required, on some day between the first of March, and the .first of October annually, to meet at the court-house of their respective counties, to adjust -the ordinary and necessary expenses of their several counties, &c. and to impose an assessment, &c. sufficient to defray such charges;” “and to appoint a person or persons to collect the same.” And by the…
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