276 Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753.

Liber H. S.
No. I

the Mondays after the said First Tuesdays; at Calvert County Court-
House, the Mondays after the Second Tuesdays of the said Months ;
at Saint Mary's County Court-House, the Thursdays after the Third
Tuesdays in the said Months; at Charles County Court-House, the
Mondays after the Third Tuesdays in the said Months; at Prince
George's County Court-House, the Thursdays after the Fourth Tues-
days in the said Months; and at Frederick County Court-House, the
Wednesdays 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 Worcester County Court-House, on the
Thursdays before the First Tuesdays, in the Months of April and
September yearly; at Somerset County Court-House, the First Tues-
days of the said Months yearly; at Dorcester County Court-House,

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the First Mondays after; at Talbot County Court-House, the Thurs-
days after the Second Tuesdays; at Queen-Anne's County Court-
House, the Wednesdays after the Third Tuesdays, at Kent County
Court-House. the Mondays after the Third Tuesdays in the same
Months; and at Caecil County Court-House, the Fridays following ;
to hear, determine, and dispatch, such Business as shall be before
them.

[Declara-
tions to be
filed in
Thirty
Days after
Appearance
Court.]

And be it further Enacted, That in all Actions now depending in
the Provincial Court, where the General Issue, or other General Plea,
tending to an Issue on the Country, is pleaded, the Issues shall be
made up and compleated by the Tenth Day of January 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
Appearance 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 in Writ-
ing, Fourteen Days before the First Tuesdays in April and Septem-
ber yearly, of his Intention to insist on a Tryal, and that if after
such Notice given, the Causes shall be delayed until another Assizes,
the Party causing such Delay, shall pay all the Cost and Charge
that shall be occasioned thereby.

[Grand and
Petit Juries
to be sum-
moned Ten
Days before
the Assizes
begin.]

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 Assizes shall begin in the respective
Counties, 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
attend the Provincial Court are liable to, rating Tobacco at Ten