LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1832.

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ments in this province, and limiting the extent of them, passed
the third of June, seventeen hundred and fifteen, and the sup-
plements thereto, shall be held to apply to all debts due from,
and claims against, and judgments recovered against any cor-

porations, and to all debts due, and claims accruing to any
corporations, to the same effect, as if such corporations were
natural persons ; and where any two successive writs or sum-
monses on suit against a corporate body, shall be returned that
such corporate body is not to be found, such case shall be
deemed and taken to be within the provisions of the third
section of the act, to which this is a supplement; and the act
passed at November session, of the year seventeen hundred and
ninety-five, chapter fifty-six, being also a supplement to said
act, shall be taken to extend to all the corporate bodies, not in-
corporated by this state, and to all corporate bodies, although
incorporated by this state, not having the president and direc-
tors, or managers, or a majority of the said president and
directors, or managers residing in this state ; and all such cor-
porate bodies, shall be within the provisions of said supplement,
as if persons not citizens of this state, or not residing therein.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted That in all cases aforesaid, of
debts from, or claims, or judgments against any corporations to,
or in favour of, or belonging or accruing to a minor, feme covert,
or lunatic, the guardian, husband or committee of said minor,
feme covert or lunatic, shall be competent to make the oath or
affirmation required by the act to which this is a supplement, or
the supplements thereto, and the oaths or affirmations of said
guardian, husband or minor, shall have the same force and
effect, as if made by a creditor, not under any legal disability.

Case of cor-
porations
with mi-
nors, feme
coverts or
lunatics.
Oaths of
guardians,
&c. ad-
mitted.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That in all cases of debts or
claims aforesaid, due or accruing to any corporations as afore-
said, the president, treasurer, cashier, or other officer of said
corporation, for the time being, shall be competent to make the
oaths or affirmations required by the act to which this is a sup-
plement, or any of the supplements thereto,

Oath of
president or
cashier
admitted.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That no attachments sued out for
any debt due to any minor, feme covert, or lunatic, on the oath
or affirmation of the guardian, husband, or committee of such
minor, feme covert, or lunatic shall be quashed, or set aside, for
any defect, in matter of form.

Attach-
ment, &c.
not to be
set aside for
want of
form.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That when by virtue of this act,
and the act to which this is a supplement or the supplements
thereto, any attachment shall issue against the lands, tenements,
goods, chattels, or credits, of any corporate body, the said cor-
porate body, may in cases where a natural person if defendant
might by entering special bail to the action dissolve such at-
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Case of at-
tachment
against cor-
poration,
&c.