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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
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0 6 8
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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.
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