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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1830,

county where the said defendant resides, and then and there
tender to said defendant an opportunity to comply with the pro-
visions of the insolvent laws of this state, except producing
evidence of his confinement in jail, and upon the said defendant
being unable, or refusing to comply with the provisions of the
insolvent laws as aforesaid, and not otherwise, the said sheriff,
constable, or other officer, shall be authorized to proceed with
said defendant as if this act had never passed.
Repealed, except us to Baltimore county and city, by 1831, ch. 217.

CHAPTER 145.
A further SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act concerning Crimes
and Punishments.

Persons
committed
for penal-
ties, &c.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That any
person who shall or may hereafter be committed to jail by the
judgment of any court of justice of this state, for non-payment
of any penalty or forfeiture, not exceeding the sum of fifty dol-
lars, who shall have remained in custody as aforesaid for the
space of thirty days, or any person who shall or may hereafter
be committed to jail in manner aforesaid, for non-payment of
any penalty or forfeiture above fifty, and not exceeding one
hundred dollars, who shall have remained in custody as afore-
said for the space of sixty days, shall be discharged from further
imprisonment on account of said penalty or forfeiture, and the
costs that may have accrued in the prosecution of such person;

Proviso.

Provided, such person shall prove to the satisfaction of the
court imposing said penalty or forfeiture, or any judge thereof,
as the case may be, that he or she is unable to pay said penalty,
or forfeiture and costs.

CHAPTER 155.

AN ACT to abolish Imprisonment for Debt on certain Judgments rendered
by Justices of the Peace.
Replied by 1832, ch. 143,

CHAPTER 164.

* 1715, ch.
47.

AN additional SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, an Act for Quieting
Possessions, Enrolling Conveyances, and securing the Estates of Pur-
chasers.

Deeds for
conveying
interest in
lands before
any judge,
&c. to be
effectual.

SEC. 1, Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, any deed for the con-
veyance of any interest or estate in lands, tenements or heredita-
ments, lying in this state, being executed and acknowledged
within the United States, or any territory thereof, before any
judge of a court of law and of record, of the state or territory in
which such person or persons may be at the time, or before any

Proviso.

judge of any of the United States' courts, shall be good and
effectual for the purpose or purposes therein mentioned ; Pro-