Fees of appraisers. If he fails to attend.Sect. 462. Each freeholder summoned to appraise real estate under the provisions of this chapter, shall be allowed and receive for his services the sum of fifty cents for each day he may be so engaged as such appraiser, to be collected on the execution, by virtue of which the property appraised was levied on, if claimed at the time of making the return of such appraisement. And when any freeholder, summoned as aforesaid, shall fail to appear at the time and place appointed by the officer, and discharge his duty as appraiser, he shall, on complaint being made to any justice of the peace of the precinct in which such freeholder resides, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty cents for every such neglect, unless he can render a reasonable excuse. Such sum shall be collected by said justice, and paid into the county treasury for the use of the county.
If a sheriff or other officer refuse or neglect to execute papers directed to him, &c., he shall be subjected to certain penalty.Sect. 463. If any sheriff or other officer shall refuse or neglect to execute any writ of execution to him directed, which has come to his hands; or shall neglect or refuse to sell any goods and chattels, lands and tenements, or shall neglect to call an inquest, and return a copy thereof forthwith to the clerk's office; or shall neglect to return any writ of execution to the proper court, on or before the return day thereof; or shall neglect to return a just and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels by him taken in execution, unless the said sheriff or other officer shall return that he has levied and made the amount of the debt, damages, and costs; or shall refuse or neglect on demand to pay over to the plaintiff, his agent or attorney of record, all moneys by him collected or received, for the use of said party, at any time after collecting or receiving the same, except as provided in section four hundred and forty-nine; or shall neglect or refuse, on demand made by the defendant, his agent or attorney of record, to pay over all moneys by him received for any sale made, beyond what is sufficient to satisfy the writ or writs of execution, with interest and legal costs, such sheriff or other officer shall, on motion in court and two days' notice thereof in writing, be amerced in the amount of said debt, damages, and costs, with ten per centum thereon, to and for the use of said plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be.
If clerk shall fail in his duty.Sect. 464. If any clerk of a court shall neglect or refuse, on demand made by the person entitled thereto, his agent or