CHAP.
XXIV.
Stay of Execution
extended
to the
10th of Feb.
yearly.
l 1715, ch.
33, §. 3.
No Execution
to be
sued out, till
after the 10th
Feb. next ensuing
the Supersedeas.
Persons absconding
may
be arrested in
any County.
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V. Be it Enacted,
by
the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid, That
the Time in the aforesaid Acts mentioned for Stay of Execution, shall
hereafter
be changed from the Tenth Day of November, unto the Tenth Day
of
February: And that these Words, on the Tenth Day of
November
next, in
the l Confession by the said recited Act
for Stay of Execution required to be
made, shall be changed to these Words, viz. On the Tenth
Day of February next.
VI. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and Consent aforesaid,
That it shall not be lawful for any Person or Persons, to sue out any
Execution upon any Judgment whatsoever, superseded, or upon any Confession
made therefore, after the Manner aforesaid, till after the Tenth Day
of
February next following the said Supersedeas or Confession;
any Law, Statute,
or Usage to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
VII. 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 wherever they are to be found.
VIII. 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 1731, ch.
12; 1735, ch. 19; and expired in 1740. It was again revived
by 1742, ch. 3; and farther 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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