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Schedule. (2), The Sheriffs Ordinance

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For every warrant which shall be granted by the Sheriff to his officer upon any writ or process For an arrest For conveying the defendant to gaol from the place of arrest, per mile For a bail bond For receiving money upon deposit for arrest and paying the same into Court For asJSignment of bail or other bond For the return of any writ of habeas corpus For the return of any writ or process and filing the same For the Bailiff to conduct prisoner to gaol To the Bailiffs for serving writs of summons or for executing warrants on extent, capias utlagatum, levari facias, fieri facias, ca. sa., ne exeat, attachment, elegit, writ of possession, forfeited recognizance, and other like matters, for each, if the distance from the Sheriff's office do not exceed five miles £ s. d. 0 2 6 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 6 8 0 8 0 Sheriffs If beyond that distance, per additional mile . . . . . . . .. For each man left in possession on writs of sequestration, etc.,} when absolutely necessary, per diem . . . . . . . .. For every sale by auction, notwithstanding the defendant should become insolvent, where the property sold does not produce more than three hundred pounds, five per cent.; more than three hundred pounds and not exceeding five hundred pounds, three per cent.; and where it exceeds five hundred pounds, two-and-a-half per cent. On execution of every writ of possession, one shilling in the pound on the yearly value of the lands delivered when the whole yearly value does not exceed one hundred pounds; and sixpence in the pound for every pound above that sum. For bond of indemnity Certificate of execution having issued for record Sheriff for summoning jury and presiding on inquisition On writs of extent, elegit, capias utlagatum, and others of the like nature, for summoning the jury and presiding at the inquisition For drawing and copying the inquisition, per folio For return to common or special venire ... The like on distringas or habeas corpus for common jury For Bailiff for summoning common or special jury Sheriff attending on trial at bar or before the Court, per diem ... Sheriff attending levy, sale, etc. . .. Sheriff's Bailiffs (not exceeding three per diem) attending in Court on trials, each per diem For any duty not herein provided for, such sum as the Court may direct the Master or Clerk of the Court to allow. [Cap. 10 £ s. d. 0 0 6 to 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 12 0 0 7 6 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 2 6

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