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BALTIMORE COUNTY.

AN ACT Supplementary to an Act for the despatch of Business in Balti-
more County Court.— 1829, ch. 200.
SEC.1. Repealed by 1834, ch. 211, sec. 2, and by 1834, ch. 233, sec. 2.
SEC. 2. Relates to causes instituted to September term, and to causes
then depending,
SEC. 3. See note to sec. 1.

Attendance
of witnesses

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
witnesses served with a subpoena in any such cause, at any
term, to continue to attend from term to term, until the cause
in which he may be summoned shall have been tried or other-
wise disposed of, without any new subpoena being issued,
unless the court should otherwise order.
Re-enacted by 1834, ch. 211, sec. 2, and by 1834, ch. 233, sec. 2.

Court may
hear and
determine.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That at all times when Balti-
more county court aforesaid, shall be in session, it shall be com-
petent to the said court, or such one of the judges thereof, to
whom that duty shall be assigned, to hear and decide on all
cases in equity, all proceedings relating to the division of the
real estate of persons who may have died intestate, and all
motions and entries in actions at law, except jury trials, as well
in cases originating in the county without the limits of the city,
as in cases originating within the city of Baltimore.
Re-enacted as in the preceding note, except only the words 'or such one
of the judges thereof, to whom the duty shall be assigned.'

Summons
of jury.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
sheriff of Baltimore county, to summon all petit jurors for each
term of Baltimore county court, to attend on the second day of
the term, and also from time to time, to summon so many
jurors as the court shall direct, during any term, to serve in lieu
of any juror or jurors, which the court may, because of sickness
or for other sufficient cause in their discretion, release from
further attendance during the term.
Re-enacted as in note to sec. 4.

Special bail
required
upon ap-
peals upon
magistrates'
judgments;
proceedings
directed.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
the clerk of the said county court to issue any writ of certiorari,
directed to a justice of the peace for the city of Baltimore, for
the removal of any proceedings pending before such justice, to
such county court, unless in addition to the petition and
affidavit heretofore required, the party or parties applying for
such writ shall also produce before the said clerk or his deputy
a competent person or persons as security, who will before the
said clerk or his deputy, after justifying on oath or affirmation to
be administered by said clerk or his deputy, as to his sufficiency,
acknowledge himself, herself or themselves special bail for the
person or persons so applying for the said writ, in the action to be
thereby removed; which acknowledgment shall be entered in the
tame form! and shall have the same operation and effect, and be