246 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION [1776.

court of Washington or Montgomery county, shall be good and
available, the division aforesaid notwithstanding.

Resolved, That executions or other Legal process upon all judg-
ments had and obtained, or to be had and obtained on actions
already commenced, or to be commenced before the first day of
December next, in Frederick county court, against any inhabitant
of Washington or Montgomery county, be issued and enforced in
the same manner as if these resolves had not been made which
said writs shall be directed to the sheriff of the said counties respec-
tively, and the said sheriffs are hereby authorized and directed to
serve and return the same to Frederick county court, with the bo-
dy or bodies of the person or persons, if taken, against whom such
writ or writs shall issue for that purpose, and during the attendance
of the sheriff of Washington or Montgomery county at Frederick
county court, he shall have a power to confine in Frederick coun-
ty jail, if he shall think it necessary, such persons as he shall have
in execution, but after his attendance shall be dispensed with by
the said court, he shall then, in a reasonable time, remove such
persons as he shall have in execution to his county jail, there to
be kept till legally discharged.

That the public and county levy, now assessed or levied, or to
be levied and assessed by the justices of Frederick county court,
at their levy court for the present year, shall and may be collected
and received by the sheriff of Frederick county, as well of the in-
habitants of Frederick as of Washington and Montgomery coun-
ties aforesaid, and collected, accounted for, and applied, in such
manner as the said public and county levy would have been collect-
ed, accounted for, and applied, had these resolves never been made.

Resolved, That the county court of Washington county shall
begin and be held yearly on the fourth Tuesdays of those months
in which other county courts are held, and shall have equal power
and jurisdiction with any county court in this state.

Resolved, That the county court of Montgomery county shall
begin and be held yearly on the second Tuesdays of those months
in which other county courts are held, and shall have equal power
and jurisdiction with any county court in this state.

Mr. Ridgely has leave of absence till Tuesday next.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning, 9 o'clock.

SATURDAY, September 7, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except
Mr. Joseph Ennalls and Mr. Ridgely. The proceedings of yester-
day were read. Mr. Chamberlaine and Mr. Horsey appeared in the
house.