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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1795.

may, upon the return of such execution, be had thereon in the
county court of the county to which such execution has been,
or shall be sent, as if the said execution had been originally
issued by the said court on a judgment obtained therein, and
the same execution may, if necessary, be renewed from time to
time in virtue of such attested short copy of the judgment out
of the county court to which such original execution shall have
been returned, and be proceeded upon in like manner as if the
judgment in such case had been rendered therein.

Provision
in cases of
attachment.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases of attachment
to be issued by any county court, in virtue of the aforesaid act
passed at October session, seventeen hundred and seventy-

*Chap. 12.

seven,* upon the non-attendance of any witness summoned
from another county, it shall be the duty of the sheriff to whom
such attachment shall be directed, and he is hereby authorized
and required, to make return thereof to the county court by
which the same shall be issued, and if the party be taken
thereon, to produce such party before the said court to abide
their sentence thereupon.

CHAPTER 56.

* 1715, ch.
40.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT,* entitled, An act directing the manner of
suing out Attachments in this province, and limiting the extent of
them.
See note to the original act, ante page 21 .

Creditor,
in certain
cases, may
make appli-
cation, &c.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the passing of this act, if any person whatsoever,
. not being a citizen of this state, and not residing therein, shall
or may be indebted unto a citizen of this state, or of any other
of the United States, or if any citizen of this state, being in-
debted unto another citizen thereof, shall actually run away,
abscond or fly from justice, or secretly remove him or herself
from his or her place of abode, with intent to evade the pay-
ment of his or her just debts, such creditor may, in either case,
make application to any judge of the general court, justice of
the county court, or justice of the peace ; and on the oath or
affirmation of such creditor, made before any judge of the
general court, justice of the county court, or justice of the
peace, of this state, or before any judge of any other of the
United States, that the said debtor is bona fide indebted to him
or her in the sum of —— , over and above all discounts, and at
the same time producing the bond or bonds, bill or bills, pro-
tested bill or bills of exchange, promissory note or notes, or
other instrument or instruments of writing, account or accounts,
by which the said debtor is so indebted, and also, (in the case
of the debtor not being a citizen of this state,) on the oath or
affirmation of the said creditor made as aforesaid, that he or she