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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1791.

Courts to
contract for
public
ferries, &c.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the several county courts shall be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to contract with such person or
persons as they shall think proper, at such price as they shall
judge reasonable, for the keeping of public ferries at such place
or places as they shall judge necessary, and that the price so
contracted for shall be paid by and levied on the county in the
same manner as other county charges ; and in such cases the
said courts shall respectively take recognizances from, and
ascertain the price to be taken by, the persons keeping such
ferries, from all persons not entitled to pass free, in the manner
directed by the original act to which this is an additional sup-
plement.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall
authorize the said courts, or any of them, to contract for keep-
ing a ferry at the county expense at any place where such ferry
has not been heretofore so kept and supported.

Duration.

SEC. 4. This act to continue as long as the original act to
which it is an additional supplement.

Continued to 30th October, 1805, and since continued by the annual
continuing law.

CHAPTER 67.

AH ACT for regulating the mode of staying execution, and for repealing
the acts of assembly therein mentioned.
Supplements and other laws are 1792, ch. 74; 1801, ch. 62; 1806, ch.
21; 1809, ch. 76; 1811, ch. 174; 1820, ch. 80, 185; 1825, ch. 223; 1826,
ch. 94.

After tenth
of May no
execution
to issue,
&c.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the tenth day of May next, no execution against
the body or goods of any person or persons within this state
shall issue upon any judgment obtained in the court of appeals
or general court for the western or eastern shore, or upon any
decree in the court of chancery, provided such person or persons,
against whom any such judgment or decree is obtained, shall
come before one judge of the general court, one of the justices
of the county court, or two justices of the peace of the county
where such person or persons shall reside, within two* months
after the rendition of such judgment, and, together with two
other persons, such as the said judge, justice or justices shall
approve of, confess judgment for his debt, and costs of suit
adjudged or decreed, with stay of execution for six months
thereafter ; which confession shall be made in manner and form
following; that is to say, 'You H. M., A. B. and G. D. do con-
fess judgment to E. F. for the sum of —— and —— costs,
which were recovered by the said E. F. against H. M. on
the —— - day of —— in the —— court ; the said —— to be