548 Assembly Proceedings, July 11-August 8, 1732.

Session
Laws

End thereof, or otherwise, that such Justice shall award Execution
on such his Judgment, (directed to the Sheriff of the County,) by
Warrant or Mittimus, in the Nature of a Capias ad satisfaciendum,
fieri facias, or otherwise; and that in Case upon the Return of any
Warrant, or any Complaint issued by any such Justice, it shall appear,
that the Person against whom the same shall Issue is not found, it
shall and may be lawful for the Creditor to proceed in the several and
respective County Courts, for obtaining an Attachment, according
to the Directions of the Act for suing out Attachments in this Prov-
ince and limitting the Extent of them, against the Goods, Chattels,
and Credit of such Persons, for any Sum exceeding Two Hundred
Pounds of Tobacco, or Sixteen Shillings and Eight Pence in Money ;
any thing in the Act for the better Administration of Justice, in the
several Courts of this Province; and for the speedy Recovery of
Debts, &c. or any other Law to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority of the aforesaid, by
and with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That an Act of Assembly,
made at a Session of Assembly, held at the City of Annapolis, on the
Twenty Sixth Day of April, Anno Domini Seventeen Hundred and
Fifteen, intituled, An Act for the speedy Recovery of small Debts out
of Court, before a single Justice of the Peace, be, and is hereby
abrogated, repealed, and made void.
And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and
with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That the Justices of the sev-
eral County Courts within this Province, shall not hold Plea of any
Debt or Damage, which shall not exceed Six Hundred Pounds of
Tobacco, or Fifty Shillings Current Money; any Law, Usage, or
Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Provided nevertheless, That nothing in the said Act, shall hinder
the Justices aforesaid, from holding Plea of any Debt or Damage,
where the Suits are, or shall be commenced before the Publication
hereof, for any Sum above Four Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, or
Thirty Three Shillings and Four Pence Current Money, and under
Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, or Fifty Shillings Currency; any
thing in the abovesaid Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, by and with the Advice
and Consent aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful, for the Jus-
tices before whom any Trial shall be, for any Sum above Four
Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, or Thirty Three Shillings and Four
Pence Current Money, to demand and receive, as a Reward for
hearing, determining, and entering Judgment, the Sum of Two
Shillings and Six Pence Current Money, or Thirty Pounds of To-
bacco, and no more.
This Act to continue for Three Years, and to the End of the next
Session of Assembly which shall be after the Three Years.