LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1831.

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dollars, and which shall be issued after the first day of April
next; nor shall it be lawful for any person to receive in payment
or exchange, any such bill, note, check, draft or other evidence

of debt ; nor shall it be lawful for any person or persons, or
association of persons for or on behalf of, or in anywise in con-
nection with, or relating to the business or profits or benefits of
the said business, or the person or association of persons en-
gaged in the business aforesaid, of deposttes, discounts, and
issuing, or either, to pay, give, circulate or attempt to circulate
as aforesaid, any such bill, note, check, draft or other evidence
of debt as aforesaid.

Or any per-
son for
them.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or persons, or
association of persons offending against this act, shall forfeit
and pay the sum of fifty dollars for each and every bill, note,
check, draft, or other evidence of debt as aforesaid, given, paid,
received, circulated, or attempted to be circulated as aforesaid,
to be recovered in the name of the state, before a justice of the
peace, one-half of the said penalty to be for the use of the
informer and the other half for the use of the state.

Penalty
$50.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That every bill, note, check, draft,
or other evidence of debt, given, paid, received, circulated, or
attempted to be circulated contrary to the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed and taken to be null and void to all intents and

Such notes
are null and
void.

purposes ; Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed
to repeal, or in any way affect an act, entitled, an act to prevent
the increase of banking companies, passed in eighteen hundred
and ten, chapter one hundred and eight.

Proviso.

CHAPTER 321.

AN additional SUPPLEMENT to the ACT,* entitled, an Act directing the
manner of suing out Attachments in this Province, and limiting the
extent of them.

*1713, ch.
40.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall and may be lawful for any plaintiff in attachment,
to have the same laid upon debts due the defendant upon judg-
ments or decrees, rendered or passed by any of the courts of
law or equity of this state, and to have judgment of condemna-
tion thereof, as upon any other debts due said defendant.

Attach-
ments may
be laid
upon debts,
judgments
or decrees.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the execution may, on appli-
cation of any party to the court, rendering such judgment or
decree, be issued by such court for enforcing the payment or
satisfaction thereof, notwithstanding the attachment aforesaid;

Execution
notwith-
standing
may issue.

Provided, that the moneys payable under said judgment or
decree, be in the writ of execution aforesaid, required to be
brought into the court aforesaid, to bo by such court preserved
and deposited or invested in stocks, as it may direct, to abide
the event of such proceeding of attachment aforesaid.

Money to
be brought
into court,
await deci-
sion.