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BALTIMORE CITY.

way exercise the functions of his office within the limits of the
city aforesaid, except in the preservation of the peace, and in
matters of a criminal nature ; and that no justice of the peace
appointed by virtue of this act shall in any way exercise the
functions of his office out of the limits of the said city, except
in the preservation of the peace and in matters of a criminal

Proviso.

nature ; Provided, that all acknowledgments of deeds or other
instruments of writing taken before the justices of the peace
appointed by virtue of this act, shall have the same effect and
validity as they now have when taken before the justices of the
peace of Baltimore county ; And provided also, that such ac-
knowledgments when hereafter taken before the justices of the
peace of Baltimore county, shall have the same effect and vali-
dity as heretofore.

Repeal.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That all laws repugnant to or
inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same
are hereby repealed.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act relating to Justices of the
Peace, in the City of Baltimore.— 1824, ch. 189.

Jurisdiction
of sums
under $100.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day of April next, in all cases
where the real debt and damages doth not exceed one hundred
dollars, it shall and may be lawful for any one justice of the
peace in and for the city of Baltimore, to try, hear and deter-
mine the matter in controversy between the creditor and debtor,
and upon full hearing of the allegations and evidences of both
parties, to give judgment according to the laws of the land, and
the equity and right of the matter, in the same manner, and
under the same rules and regulations, to all intents and pur-
poses, as such justices of the peace are now authorized and
empowered to do, when the debt and damages do not exceed
the sum of fifty dollars current money.
This act is extended to Baltimore county, by 1831, ch. 306, sec. 5, ante
page 1052.

Super-
sedes*

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases where judg-
ment shall be rendered by any justice of the peace in and for
the said city, for any sum exceeding ten pounds current money,
it shall be lawful for the defendant or defendants to supersede
the said judgment, before the justice of the peace, rendering
the same at any time within sixty days from the rendition
thereof, which supersedeas shall stay execution for twelve
months thereafter ; and that if the justice of the peace render-
ing the said judgment, shall die, move away, or be removed
from office, within sixty days after the rendition of the said
judgment, that then and in that case it shall and may be law-
ful for the defendant or defendants to supersede the said judg-
ment before any other justice of the peace for the city of Balti-