76 Assembly Proceedings, May 9-27, 1766.

Liber H. S.
No. 1

p. 603

Court House the Mondays after the Second Tuesdays of the said
Month At Saint Marys County Court House the Thursdays after
y.^e third Tuesdays in the said Months At Charles County Court
House the Mondays after the third Tuesdays in the said Month
At Prince Georges County Court House the Thursdays after the
Fourth Tuesdays in the said Months And at Frederick County Court
House the Wednesdays following And that two of the Provincial
Justices to be appointed as aforesaid to Serve on the Eastern Shore
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 on the First Tuesdays of the said Months yearly, At Dor-
chester County Court House the first Mondays after, At Talbot
County Court House the Thursdays after the Second Tuesdays At
Queen Ann'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 Cecil County Court House
the Fridays following to hear determine and dispatch such Business
as shall be before them

[Declaration
to be filed in
Thirty days
after Ap-
pearance
Court]

And be it further Enacted that in all Actions now depending in
the Provincial Court Where the General Issue or Other Plea tending
to an Issue on the Country is pleaded the Issues Shall be made up
and completed by the first day of August next and that all Declara-
tions 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 Plea
tending to an Issue on the Country Shall be Pleaded Shall be made
up Within thirty days after the fileing 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 Writing fourteen Days before
the first Tuesdays in April and September Yearly of his Intention
to Insist on a tryal and that if after such Notice given the Causes
Shall be delayed untill 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 Substancial 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
Shillings p hundred and that no Person that is not incapable or