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BALTIMORE COUNTY.

third and fourth sections of the said act, be, and the same are
hereby repealed.

Act of 183 2,
ch. t03,
re-enacted.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the act of eighteen hundred
and thirty-two, chapter two hundred and three, entitled a further
supplement to the act, entitled, an act for the despatch of
business in Baltimore county court, be, and the same are
hereby re-enacted and continued.

Act of 1833,
ch. 173.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the act of eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-three, chapter one hundred and seventy-three,
entitled, an additional supplement to the act, entitled, an act for
the despatch of business in Baltimore county court, be, and the
same is hereby subject to the provisions of the fourth section of
this act, re-enacted and continued, except the ninth section
thereof, which is hereby repealed.

Motion for
new trial,
&c. to bo
determined
in thirty
days.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all motions for new trials
and in arrest of judgment, shall be determined by said court
within thirty days after verdict rendered; and in all cases in
which such motions shall be made and overruled, the judg-
ment rendered shall operate as a lien in favour of the party ob-

Judgment
hen from
date of
verdict.

taining the verdict from the date of such verdict, in like man-
ner and with like effect, as if judgment had been rendered
upon the said verdict at the date thereof

Cases now
pending.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the motions and points
reserved, now depending in bane in Baltimore county court,
shall be proceeded with and decided by the judges of said court,
as if this act had not been passed, and the causes, iu which such
motions or points were made, if new trials are awarded, shall
be put on the trial docket, and be proceeded with as in other
cases.

Exceptions
shall be
signed and
sealed.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That from and after the pas-
sage of this act, in all cases of trials at common law in said
court, the parties, or either of them, who may except to the
opinion of the said court, in the course of said trials, shall be,
and are hereby authorized, to require the said court to sign and
seal such exceptions, before the verdict is rendered, in like
manner as 'before the act of eighteen hundred and twenty-
eight, chapter one hundred and sixty-one, and as is now prac-
tised in the other judicial districts of this state.

Authorized
to appoint
return days,
&c.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That Baltimore county court
shall be, and is hereby authorized, to appoint as many return
days, during each term of their respective courts, not exceed-
ing one in each week, for the return of writs, and other process,
original, mesne and final, as they may deem necessary or pro-
per, to expedite the business of the court, and prevent the delay
of justice ; and all writs and other process, made jeturnable on
any return day, thus appointed, shall be as valid and effectual,
to all intent and purposes, as if made returnable on the first