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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

they are now entitled by law for recording any matter or thing
required to be recorded, to be levied and collected as other
county charges now are ; Provided, that any one or more of the
judges of the county courts shall certify to the levy courts or
commissioners that the services have been performed.

Repeal.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the second section of the
original act to which this is a supplement, be, and the same is
hereby repealed.

Exception.

SEC, 3. And be it enacted. That the provisions of this act
shall not be construed to apply to Baltimore county.

CHAPTER 336.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Securities for the appearance of Insolvent
Petitioners within this State.
See notes to 1834, ch. 293, ante page 1184.

Same
powers as
special bail.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, any surety for the
appearance of an insolvent petitioner under the laws of this
state, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, and
are hereby invested with the same powers, to bring the said in-
solvent petitioner into court, or before any judge thereof, which
special bail now have to bring their principal into court, and
when the said petitioner shall be so brought into court, or be-

May sur-
render in-
solvent

fore any judge thereof, he may be surrendered by his surety
and committed into the custody of the sheriff, in the same man-
ner as special bail now surrender their principal, and have him

Proviso.

committed to the custody of the sheriff; Provided however, that
the said petitioner be so surrendered before or at the first term
to which suit shall be brought upon the bond for the appear-
ance of such petitioners.

Sheriff shall
retain in
custody &c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That every sheriff, into whose
custody an insolvent petitioner shall be committed as aforesaid,
shall keep said petitioner in custody, and bring the said peti-
tioner into court on the day named in such petitioner's bond for
his appearance, and on each day thereafter, until the court, in

Until Judg-
ment, &c.

which the petition of such insolvent petitioner is pending, shall
have passed judgment thereupon ; and if the said court shall
dismiss or quash the said petition, or shall grant a final dis-
charge to the said petitioner, then the said sheriff shall imme-
diately thereafter discharge the said petitioner from his custody ;
and the said petitioner shall be discharged from custody also, if

Or other
approved
security.

he shall enter into another bond, with surety to be approved by
the court, for appearance as aforesaid, or performance of the
conditions of the former bond remaining to be performed.

Applied to
insolvent
commis-
sioners or

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this act
shall extend and be considered to apply to the commissioners
of insolvent debtors for the city and county of Baltimore, while