Section 1

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, the sheriffs of the various counties within this Commonwealth, charged with the execution of any writ of execution, process, or order, whereby he is compelled to take into his possession or become liable for goods and chattels, or to maintain a lien thereon, are hereby authorized to demand of the party or person depositing said writ, process, or order the cost for maintaining a watchman, to prevent the loss, destruction, removal, or eloigning of said goods and chattels; and should the cost for maintaining a watchman not be paid, as aforesaid, the said sheriff may abandon the levy upon goods and chattels aforesaid, and make return of the writs to the court out of which same issued.