LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1801.

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charge and execute all and singular the duties of him required
by law as treasurer of the —— shore of Maryland, then this
obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force
and virtue in law.'

CHAPTER 71.

AN ACT authorizing the removal of Prisoners in certain cases.

WHEREAS, doubts have arisen whether any sheriff is autho-
rized to remove prisoners from one gaol to another ; for remedy
whereof,

Preamble.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act it shall and may be
lawful for any sheriff of any county in this state, under the
direction of the county court of his county, to remove prisoners
from the gaol in which they are or may be confined to such
other gaol in the said county as shall be directed by the said
court, and such removal shall not be considered as an escape,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 74.

AN ACT relative to the Administration of Justice in this State, and to
repeal the acts of assembly therein mentioned.
See note to 1790, ch. 33, ante page 257.
SEC. 1, 2, 3, 4. These sections have ceased to have any operation since
the acts of 1804, ch. 55, and 1805, ch. 65, by which the powers, autho-
rities and jurisdictions, of the courts established by this act, have been
transferred to other courts established by those acts.

Prisoners
may be
removed
from one
gaol to
another in
the same
county.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all acknowledgments of
deeds hereafter made for the conveyance of land before any
chief justice of a district, within his district, or any associate
justice, within his county, shall be as good and valid in law as
if the same was made before any judge of the general court, or
before two justices of the peace, any law, usage or custom, to
the contrary notwithstanding.

Deeds for
conveyance
of land
acknow-
ledged
before a
chief or
associate
justice to
be good.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said courts shall have
power, in the trial of actions at law, on motion made at the first
court after the appearance court, supported by affidavit, that the
same is not intended for delay, and due notice thereof being
given, to require the parties to produce copies, certified by a
justice of the peace, of all such parts of all books or writings in
their possession or power as contain evidence pertinent to the
issue, or to answer any bill for discovery only which may be
filed by the second court after the appearance court, in cases
and under circumstances where they might be compelled to
produce the said original books or writing, or answer such bill
of discovery by the ordinary rules of proceeding in chancery ;
and if a plaintiff shall fail to comply with any such order to

In trial of
actions at
law, court
may require
parties to
produce
copies of
books or
writings
containing
evidence
pertinent to
the issue.