6Poundage and expenses

6 Poundage and expenses

*[Section 6 Amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*It shall be lawful for the Sheriff, or any deputy-sheriff, bailiff, or other officer or minister of the Sheriff, to levy, over and above the sum levied by him by virtue of any writ of extent or any writ of execution against the lands, goods, and chattels of any person, the sum of 5 cents of and for every $2 where the sum levied does not exceed $200, and 5 cents of and for every $2 being over and above the said sum of $200, provided that in no case shall the poundage exceed $50, and also the sum of 5 cents for every mile he may travel beyond 5 in going to and returning from any place to which he may be compelled to travel in executing any such writ of extent or writ of execution as aforesaid; and may also, in giving possession or seizin of any messuage, tenement, or hereditament under any writ of habere facias possessionem aut seisinam, demand, ask, and receive the sum of 5 cents for every dollar of the yearly value of the messuage, tenement, or hereditament whereof possession or seizin is given, whereof the yearly value does not exceed $200, and the sum of 5 cents only for every $2 per annum over and above the said yearly value of $200, and also the same sum for travelling expenses as if such writ had been a writ of extent or writ of execution as aforesaid.