LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831.

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one hundred and three, entitled, 'an act to enable purchasers to
obtain possession of lands and premises sold by sheriffs, coro-
ners and elisors at public auction, and the supplements thereto,
shall be deemed and taken to extend and apply, and are hereby
extended and applied to sales by constables or sheriffs as afore-
said, ratified and confirmed as aforesaid, to every effect, intent
and purpose, as if such sales had been specifically mentioned
in said act, and the supplements aforesaid ; and the writ habere
facias possessionem, in said act and supplements provided for,
may be issued by the county court to which the proceedings as
to said sales shall be returned as aforesaid, and be by said court
acted on and with, as if the execution under which such sales
shall have been made, had issued from said county court, on a
judgment therein recovered.

1825, ch.
108, and its
supplement,
extended to
such sales.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That no judgment rendered by
any justice of the peace, shall, unless and until the same shall,
on an appeal, be affirmed by a county court, be deemed and
taken to be a lien on any lands, tenements or real estate or es-
tates, or interest therein, legal or equitable.

Magistrates
judgments
not a lien
until con-
firmed alter
appeal.

AND WHEREAS, doubts have been entertained as to the proper
construction of an act of the general assembly of Maryland,
passed at December session, eighteen hundred and twenty- nine,
entitled, 'an act to limit the time for taking appeals from magis-
trate's judgments;' therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful
to and for any person or persons, or body corporate, to entef
and prosecute any appeal from the judgment of any justice of
the peace of this state, where such appeal is now allowed by
law ; Provided, such appeal be entered and prosecuted, to and
at the county court, to be held next after the rendition of such
judgment, or to be taken at any time within sixty days from and
after the rendition of such judgment ; but no such appeal shall
operate as a supersedeas to any execution upon any such judg-
ment; unless the party appealing give bond with security as
already provided for.

Appeal al-
lowed from
magistrates'
judgments.

If made at
the first
succeeding
county
court.
Not to
operate as a
supersedeas
without
bond being
given.

CHAPTER 294.

AN ACT relating to Judgments and Decrees obtained in the several Courts
of this State.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
upon any payment, either in part or in full, of any judgment
or decree rendered in any of the county courts of this state,
court of appeals or court of chancery, it shall be the duty of the
plaintiff receiving such payment, his agent or attorney, to exe-
cute a receipt to the defendant for the amount thereof, on a short
copy of said judgment or decree to be tendered to the plaintiff,
his agent or attorney by the defendant, which shall be attested

Receipt
required.