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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1790.

county court, of such action, shall abide the final event thereof;
and if the appeal or error shall be made for several exceptions,
the general court shall give judgment on every exception ; pro-
vided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the party,
against whom judgment shall be rendered by the general court
on such appeal, from appealing, or prosecuting a writ of error,
to the court of appeals according to the law of the land.

CHAPTER 50.

AH ACT to limit the jurisdiction of the general court in criminal cases.
Merged in 1804, ch. 65.

CHAPTER 51.

AN ACT for the speedy conveyance of public letters and packets, and for
other purposes.
A supplement, 1791, ch. 20.

Preamble.

WHEREAS the laws heretofore made for the conveyance of
public letters and packets have been found ineffectual,

Clerks to
furnish a
copy, &c.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the clerk of the senate, and the clerk of the house of
delegates, shall furnish the printer of the state for the time being
with a correct copy of the votes and proceedings of their respec-
tive houses, and of the several laws and resolutions passed and
assented to during the present or any future session of assembly,
within the space of thirty days after the end of every such
session, and shall take a receipt from the printer for the same ;
and every clerk of the senate, or of the house of delegates, who
shall refuse or neglect to comply with the directions of this act,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty pounds current money
for every refusal or neglect, to be recovered and applied in the
same manner as other penalties and forfeitures.

Laws, &c.
to be print-
ed, &c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the printer of the state for the
time being shall, immediately on the receipt of the said votes
and proceedings, and of the said laws and resolutions, proceed
to print and stitch them in the same manner as hath been
heretofore accustomed, and shall print and stitch, and pack up,
under the direction of the governor and council, as many copies
thereof as shall be sufficient for the following persons and pur-
poses ; that is to say, one copy of the laws and resolutions, and
one copy of the votes and proceedings of each branch of the
legislature, for the governor and council, and for each member
of the general assembly; one copy of the laws and resolutions,
well bound in blue boards, and four copies of the said votes and
proceedings, for the clerk of each respective county, to be de-
posited in his office for the use of the county courts, and for the
inspection and information of the people ; one copy of the laws
and resolutions for each of the judges and justices of the peace
within this state respectively, and for the attorney-general; one