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Clement Dorsey. The general public statutory law and public local law of the state of Maryland : from the year 1692 to 1839 inclusive, with annotations thereto,and a copious index.
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SOMERSET COUNTY.

in returning to his or "her residence, during the time such
juror or witness shall be required to attend the county courts
of said counties.

Application
limited.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this
act shall be construed to apply only to witnesses residing
within the limits of the respective counties of Somerset and
Worcester, whose county courts such witness or witnesses
shall be summoned to attend.

LANDS, DRAINING.
1790, ch. 3, see 'Dorchester County/ title 'Lands, Draining,' ante
page 1884.

LEVY COURT.
Merged in 'County Commissioners.'

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.
A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to establish Magistrates'
Courts in the several Counties of this State, and to prescribe their Juris-
diction, so far as the same relates to Somerset County. — 1837, ch. 110.

Repeal of
number of
courts.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day of May next, the original act
to which this is a supplement shall be, and the same is hereby
repealed, so far as it refers to the number of district courts
created by that act for Somerset county, in this state.

Three dis-
trict courts.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in lieu of the magistrates'
courts established in the several election districts in Somerset
county, there shall be three district courts in said county, the
number of justices to compose said courts, their tenure of office,
their manner of appointment and their jurisdiction, to remain
the same as are provided for by the original act to which this
is a supplement.

Districts
designated.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the following election dis-
tricts shall compose one magistrates' court district, to wit : the
districts called and known as Barren Creek district, Salisbury
district, Quantico district, and Tyaskin district, shall compose
a magistrates' court district ; the districts known and called the
Trap district, Princess Anne district, Hungary Neck district,
and Dame Quarter district shall compose another magistrates'
court district ; and the districts called and known as Brinkley's
district, Dublin district and Smith's Island district shall com-
pose the third and remaining magistrates' court district.

Regulated.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the said district courts
created by this act shall be conducted in all respects in the
same manner as the magistrates' courts created by the act to
which this is a supplement.

METHODIST CAMP MEETINGS.

AH the local laws on this subject are merged in 1824, ch. 53, ante
page 803.



 
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Clement Dorsey. The general public statutory law and public local law of the state of Maryland : from the year 1692 to 1839 inclusive, with annotations thereto,and a copious index.
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