CHAP.
IV.
Persons absconding
from Justice
in their own
County, &c.
Duration. |
to the Directions of the Act of Assembly * For taking Special Bail
in the
County; nor shall such Defendant be obliged to appear in proper person,
but
by his Attorney, if he sees fit; any thing in the said Act, or any Law,
Statute,
Use, or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding,
* The Act of 1704, ch. 52, referred
to in this Section, is repealed, and the whole re-enacted
1715, ch. 28.
VIII. Provided
always, That this Act, or any
Thing therein contained,
shall not extend to the Benefit or Advantage of any persons that shall
abscond
or fly from Justice in the County where they live; but that such Persons
may be Arrested in any County where ever they be to be found.
IX. This
Act to † endure, from and after this Session of Assembly, for
and during the End of Three Years, and to the End of the next Session of
Assembly after the Three Years.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
† Farther continued by 1718, ch. 2; 1721,
ch. 2; 1723, ch. 4; 1724, ch. 4; 1731, ch.
12;
1735, ch. 19; and expired in 1740. It was again revived by
1742, ch. 3, for 3 Years, &c. and
continued by 1746, ch. 4; 1750, ch. 3; 1753, ch. 8;
1757, ch. 3; 1760, ch. 12; and 1763,
ch. 4; for 3 Years, &c.
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At a Session of ASSEMBLY begun and held at the
City of Annapolis, in the County of Ann-Arundel,
the
5th Day of October, in the 13th Year of the Reign
of our Sovereign Lady ANNE, Queen of Great-Britain,
France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith,
&c. Annoq; Domini 1714, was Enacted
the Law
following. |
