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LAWS OF MAEYLANP.— 1836.

tion of the
justices.

cations of the justices of the magistrates' courts in the manner
as the qualifications of justices of the peace are now required
by law.

Clerks an-
nually toj
transmit
lists of jus-
tices that
qualify, to
the execu-
tive.
Certificate
to plaintiff.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be and it is hereby
made the duty of the clerk of the several county courts in this
state, to make out a list of the names of all persons who have
qualified or may hereafter qualify as justices of the magistrates'
courts, and to transmit a list of the same to the governor and
council at their next meeting thereafter, and to give a certificate
to any plaintiff who may obtain a judgment in any of the said

Case of not
qualifying
in 30 days
void.

district courts, and it is hereby provided that in all cases where
any person has or may hereafter refuse or fail to qualify and file
a certificate of such qualification with clerk of the county court,
within thirty days after said justice shall have received notice
of their appointment as such, his appointment shall be consi-
dered void and of no effect, and the governor and council are
hereby required to fill all such vacancy or vacancies that shall
then exist.

Additional
court in
Port De-
posite.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That an additional court shall be
instituted and organized in the village of Port Deposite, in Cecil
county, with power to take cognizance of all such cases as may
lawfully be brought before it originally in the limits of said
village, together with such suits in the third and fourth election
districts as the parties may wish to have tried by said court,
and the governor and council be and they are hereby required
to appoint three additional justices for said court, who shall im-
mediately upon the receipt of their several commissions pro-
ceed to organize said court, and shall receive the same per diem
compensation, and be governed in all respects as the other courts

Not to have
cognizance
of assault
with intent
to commit
tape.

B established by the act to which this is a supplement.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the magistrates' courts shall
not be construed to have jurisdiction in cases of assaults with
intent to commit rape.

DECEMBER, 1836.— CHAPTER 1.
AN ACT to authorize the Treasurer for the Western Shore, to receive such
sum or sums of Money as shall be awarded to the State of Maryland,
under the provisions of the Act of Congress therein mentioned.

Authority
to receive.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the treasurer for the western shore, be, and he is hereby
authorized to receive from the secretary of the treasury of the
United States, such sum or sums of money as shall or may be
awarded to the state of Maryland, as and for its proportion of
the public revenue of the United States, which is to be distri-
buted under the provisions of the act of congress, entitled, an
act to regulate the deposites of the public money.