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Under sheriff to keep “ejectment book” and “decree and order book.”
Order of execution of several decrees against one person.
Endorsement of reasons for non-execution on decrees for ejectment not executed.
Production of books to chairman and clerk of the peace.
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20. The under sheriff of each county shall enter in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, to be called the “ejectment book,” the several decrees in ejectment which shall be delivered to the sheriff for execution, specifying the names of the parties therein, the names of the lands and the barony in which the same are situated, the date of the decree, and the date at which the same was delivered to him for execution, and in cases for the nonpayment of rent the sum ascertained by such decree as due for rent, and shall state in the said book the time when such decree shall have been executed, or, if not executed, the cause of the non-execution thereof; and the under sheriff shall also keep a book, to be called the “decree and order book,” in which he shall enter the several decrees, other than those last mentioned, given to the sheriff for execution, specifying the names of the parties therein, the sums due on foot thereof, as stated by the person delivering the same, and the precise time and hour at which such decrees were delivered to him for execution, such time and hour of delivery to be in all cases endorsed by him on the said decrees, and shall enter in the said book the time at which the said decrees were executed, and the sum (if any) and poundage fees levied or received thereunder, and if such decrees shall not have been executed, the cause of the non-execution thereof; and when more than one decree shall be given to him for execution against the same person, the sheriff shall execute such decrees in the order of time in which the same shall have been respectively delivered to him; and whenever the sheriff shall not execute any such decree in ejectment, he shall endorse on such decree the reason why the same was not so executed, and shall, at the request of the plaintiff or such other person as may be entitled to demand the same from him, deliver back such decree to the plaintiff or such other person, when required by him so to do; and the under sheriff shall produce the said books for the inspection of the chairman of the county, or of the clerk of peace, whenever he shall be required by the said chairman or by the clerk of the peace, after reasonable notice, so to do.
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