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pardoned, and that he returned contrary to the terms of such
pardon, he shall be committed to close custody in the prison of
the county where arrested, and the sheriff shall bring him
before the general court, or the county court, which shall first
happen after such commitment, and if, on appearing, such per-
son shall acknowledge himself to be the same person convicted
and pardoned on condition of leaving the state, and that he
returned contrary thereto, the court shall record such confes-
sion, and proceed to pass such judgment as the law requires for
the crime committed, and if the person shall deny that he is the
same person convicted and pardoned on condition, or that he
returned contrary thereto, the court shall direct the fact to be
tried by a jury with all convenient speed, and if they find
against the person, the court shall pass such judgment as the
law requires for the crime committed.
See 1795, ch. 82; April, 1782, ch. 42, ante page 179.

CHAPTER 22.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT,* entitled, An act for marking and
bounding Lands.

*1786, ch.
33.

WHEREAS by the said act the jurisdiction and power therein
given to the county courts respectively to issue commissions for
marking and bounding lands is not extended to lands held by
bodies politic and corporate ; and it appearing proper that the
authority given by the same act to the county courts aforesaid
shall be extended to land held as well by any body politic and
corporate as otherwise ;

Preamble.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the respective county courts within this state shall have
jurisdiction, authority and power, under the limitations and
directions in the aforesaid act prescribed, upon application as
therein mentioned, to issue commissions to mark and bound
lands held as well by bodies politic and corporate as others, any
thing in the aforesaid act to the contrary notwithstanding.
See note to the original law.

CHAPTER 26.
AN ACT to establish Pilots, and to regulate their Fees.
Merged in and repealed by 1803, ch. 63.

CHAPTER 34.

AN ACT continuing the act relating to Costs in Criminal Cases,
Merged in 1809, ch. 144 ; and repealed as to the 3d sec. by 1811, ch. 57.

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Courts may
issue com-
missions,
&c.