LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

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CHAPTER 189.

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

*1715, ch.
40.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from henceforth, any person or persons having obtained a judg-
ment in any court of this state, against any person or persons,
it shall and may be lawful to and for the said plaintiff or plain-
tiffs, in the said judgment, instead of any other execution, to

Attach-
ments
authorized.

take out an attachment against the lands, tenements, goods,
chattels, and credits, of the said defendant or defendants, in
the said judgment, in the said plaintiff or plaintiff's own hands,
or in the hands of any other person or persons whomsoever ;
whether the said defendant or defendants reside in the county
in which the said judgment may have been rendered, or else-
where, which said attachment shall be directed to, and served
by the sheriff or coroner, as the case may require, of the county

And may
be laid.

in which they are issued, and the same proceedings shall be
thereupon had and observed, as are now authorized and re-
quired by the seventh section of the original act to which this
is a supplement, in case of absent defendants.

Without
regard to
residence.

CHAPTER 190.

AN ACT relating to the trial of Cases of Appeals from Judgments of
Justices of the Peace, in the County Courts of the Fourth Judicial
District.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all cases of appeals from judgments of justices of the peace in
the county courts of the fourth judicial district, shall be called
for trial when the civil cases, originating in said county courts,
shall be called for trial ; and, if ready for trial, when called,
shall be tried; and shall, in all respects, have the same privi-
lege as to the time and opportunity of trial, as the cases afore-
said.

Shall be
called for
trial, &c.

CHAPTER 192.

AN ACT to amend the Law relative to Distress for Rent.
See 1836, ch. 192.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the fourth day of July next ensuing the
passage of this act, any and every landlord or landlords, or their
agents, who may be authorized to distrain for rent due him,
her, or them, upon the goods and chattels of his, her or their
tenant or tenants, shall, previous to making such distress, go
before some justice of the peace of the county where the pre-
mises lie, or where the landlord or landhords, or their agents,
may reside, and make oath or affirmation, as the case may be,
according to law, that his, her, or their tenant or tenants, is, or

Oath re-
quired to
authorize
distraint.