524 Assembly Proceedings, July 11— August 8, 1732.

Session
Laws

And be it Enacted, That Two of the Provincial Justices to be
appointed, as aforesaid, on the Western Shore, or One of them, in
Case of the Other's Sickness or Inability, shall meet and hold their
Courts at Baltimore County Court-house, the First Tuesday in April
and September, Yearly; at Annapolis, for Anne- Arundel County, the
Mondays after the said First Tuesday; at Calvert County Court-
house, the Friday after the Second Tuesdays of the said Months; at
Saint Mary's County Court-house, the Wednesdays after the Third
Tuesdays in the said Months; at Charles County Court-house, the
Mondays after the Third Tuesdays in the said Months; and at Prince
George's County Court-house, the Fridays following. And that
Two of the Provincial Justices on the Eastern Shore, to be appointed,
as aforesaid, or One of them, in Case the Other should be sick, or
incapable to attend, shall meet and hold their Courts at Somerset
County Court-house, the First Tuesdays of the said Months, Yearly ;
at Dorchester County Court-house, the First Mondays after; in
Talbot County, the Thursdays after the Second Tuesdays; at Queen-

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Anne's County Court-house, the Wednesdays after the Third Tues-
days; in Kent County, the Mondays after the Third Tuesdays in the
same Months; and at Caecil County Court-house, the Fridays follow-
ing; to hear, determine, and dispatch, such Business as shall be before
them.
And be it Enacted, That in all Actions now depending in the Pro-
vincial Court, where the General Issue, or other General Plea, tend-
ing to an Issue on the Country, is pleaded, the Issues shall be made
up and compleated by the Twentieth Day of August next: And that
all Declarations in Actions to be commenced in the Provincial Court,
shall be filed with the Clerk, within Thirty Days after every Appear-
ance Court; and the issue made up, where the General Issue, or other
General Plea, tending to an Issue on the Country, shall be pleaded,
shall be made up within Thirty Days after the filing the Declaration :
But where Special Pleadings are necessary, the Court (upon
Motion) may grant such Time as may be thought reasonable. And
that the Plaintiff, in every Cause to be tried before the said Justices,
shall give the Defendant, or his Attorney, Notice Fourteen Days
before the First Tuesdays in April and September, Yearly, of his
Intention to insist on a Trial; and that, if after such Notice given,
the Cause shall be delayed until another Assize, the Party causing
such Delay, shall pay all the Cost and Charge that shall be occasioned
thereby.
And be it Enacted, That the several Sheriffs shall summons Fifty
of the most capable and substantial Freeholders within their Baili-
wicks, Ten Days before the Beginning of the Assizes, as Grand and
Petit Jurors: And that every Freeholder that shall be so summoned,
and shall neglect or refuse to appear, shall incur the same Penalties
and Forfeitures, as Jurors summoned to the Provincial Court are