III. And,
that in case, upon the Return of any Warrant, or any Complaint,
issued by any such Justice, it shall appear that the Persons 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
Province, and limiting the Extent of them, against the Goods, Chattels
and Credits
of such Person, 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 Speedy Recovery of Debts, &c. or any other Law, to the
contrary
notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY
GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON. |
CHAP.
XII.
On Return of
Non est on a
Justice's
Warrant, the
Creditor may
sue out Attachment
for
any Sum above
200 lb
Tobacco, or
16 s. 8 d. in
Money. |
TO the Intent that Court-Days may be ascertained, and that the Commissioners
of, and Suitors to, the County Courts, may know when to
attend.
II. Be it Enacted,
by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice
and Consent of his Majesty's Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Province,
and the Authority of the same, That for the future there shall be held
Four County Courts in the Year, viz. Talbot, Baltimore, and St.
Mary's
County, * the first Tuesday in March, June, August and November;
Dorchester,
Cæcil, Ann-Arundel and Charles County, the Second Tuesday
in March,
June, August and November; in Kent, Calvert and
Somerset County, † the
Third Tuesday in March, June, August and November; in Queen-Anne's
and
Prince-George's County, the Fourth Tuesday in March, June,
August and November.
* And
Worcester County, 1742, ch. 19.
† And Frederick County, 1748, ch. 15.
III. And that
any || Justices of the several and respective County
Courts aforesaid, whereof one to be of the Quorum, shall have full power
and Authority, when and as often as Need shall require, to adjourn the
said
County Courts, Process and Proceedings therein depending, to such short
Time after as they shall see convenient: And that the several Justices
of
the respective County Courts, shall, from the End of June Court
the next,
adjourn their several Courts to the several Days hereby appointed.
And that
one former act of Assembly of this Province, entitled, An Act appointing
Court Days in each respective County within this Province, and every
Clause
therein, be, and are hereby repealed.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY
GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
|| By the Act of 1756, ch. , any such Two Justices,
in case of Necessity to prevent the Discontinuance
of the Court, and for no other Purpose, may call such County Court on the
Day to
which it was adjourned; and for the same Reason, and no other, may adjourn
the same to any
future Time not subsequent to the Day appointed by this act for the Meeting
of the Court in
Course.
|
Preamble.
Four County
Courts to be
held annually
in each
County, and
the Times ascertained.
Two County
Justices may,
when Need
shall require,
adjourn the
County
Court.
The Act of
1708, ch. 12.
repealed. |
