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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1792.

Persons
may be
prosecuted,
&c.

CHAPTER 20.

AN Act to direct the mode of Prosecution in certain cases.
He if enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland ', That
from and after the passage of this act, all persons offending
against any act or acts of the assembly of this state, which acts
direct the mode of prosecution to be by action of debt, bill,
plaint or information, or by bill, plaint or information, shall and
may be prosecuted by bill of indictment, or action of debt, and
not by bill, plaint or information, any thing in any of the said
acts to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 41.

*1785, ch.
72.

A further Supplement to the ACT, entitled, *An Act to enlarge the powers
of the High Court of Chancery.
See original act and notes, ante page 208.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the acts of assembly of this state giving power
to the chancellor to decree in certain cases against persons re-
siding in other of the United States, and against persons resid-
ing beyond seas, have omitted to extend the said power to cases
where the party or parties against whom relief is or may be
wanted, have or shall remove out of this state to parts unknown :
And whereas it is attended with great difficulty and expense to
give such notice as the said acts require to persons resident in
some one of the United States, or in parts beyond seas ;
therefore,

In certain
cases chan-
cellor may
decree, &c.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in all cases where any person or persons, his or their
heirs, devisees or representatives, are bound by any contract or
agreement, and are non-residents of this state, if any bill is
filed against such person or persons, his or their heirs, devisees
or representatives, non-residents as aforesaid, to compel a specific
performance of such contract or agreement, the chancellor shall
and may, without the appearance of or hearing of the defen-
dant or defendants, proceed to such decree as the justice and
equity of the case may require; provided that the complainant
or petitioner shall give such notice of his or her application, in
newspapers or otherwise, as the chancellor shall direct; and
every such decree shall have the same operation, effect and
consequences, as a decree in virtue of the act aforesaid against
persons residing in any of the United States, to which this is a
supplement.

May order
deeds to be
recorded,
&c.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That in case any deed hath been, or hereafter shall
be, executed, to the validity of which deed recording is neces-
sary, and such deed hath not been, or shall not be, recorded
agreeably to law, without any fraudulent intention of the party