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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

and battery, and in cases or actions where the title to lands shall
or may come in question ; Provided, that nothing in this act
shall be construed to extend to the city of Baltimore.

Appeals

allowed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That an appeal may be taken to
the county court, from any judgment of the justice of the peace,
rendered by virtue of this act, in the same manner, and in the
same time, as in cases of appeals from the judgments of a jus-
tice of the peace, rendered by virtue of any other law of this
state.

CHAPTER 299.
AN ACT to provide for the augmentation of the Sinking Fund, and the
gradual payment of the Public Debt.
This law is of a restricted character, as to the particular fund therein
mentioned.

CHAPTER 305.
A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to facilitate the recovery of
Debts due from the several Banks in this State, and to compel the said
Banks to pay Specie for their Notes, or forfeit their Charters, passed at
December session, eighteen hundred and eighteen, chapter one hundred
and seventy-seven.
See 1837, ch. 315.

Where
bank is in
predica-
ment, &c.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That whenever, hereafter, any bank shall refuse or fail, on de-
mand, to pay its notes, issues, or obligations, and shall be in a
condition to be proceeded against as authorized by the act of
assembly, of December session, of the year eighteen hundred
and eighteen, chapter one hundred and seventy-seven, such
bank, or any commissioner or commissioners appointed under
said last mentioned act, or any trustee or trustees appointed
under any decree of court, or deed of trust, for the benefit of
the creditors of said bank, or any sheriff or other officer, shall

Notes to be
received.

Except.

not receive, in payment or discharge of any debt due to said
bank, any notes, issues, or certificates of deposite, issued by
said bank, or any claim against said bank, unless where the
same shall have been held by the debtor at the time of refusing
or failing to pay as aforesaid, and being liable to be proceeded
against as aforesaid.

Appoint-
ment of
trustees.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That when any such bank shall
appoint any trustee or trustees for the benefit of the creditors of
such bank, the chancellor or any county court, as a court of
equity, shall or may, in his or their discretion, appoint, in place
of such trustee or trustees, or any of them, any other person or
persons, who shall be nominated and recommended by a majo-
rity in amount of the creditors of said bank ; Provided, the said
chancellor or county court as aforesaid, shall be satisfied that the
interest of the creditors of the said bank require such appoint-