LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

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state, and all writs and other process which have issued in
virtue of the act td vest temporary powers in the several clerks
in the several counties of this state, and all writs, process and
proceedings whatsoever, which have issued from the general
court, returnable to the general court of either shore, shall be
continued, and shall be returned to the several county courts
in each judicial district, by the proper officer of each respective
county to whom they shall or have been respectively directed,
at the times herein before appointed for the holding of each, add
shall be heard, tried, proceeded upon and determined therein, in
the same manner as they might or could have been heard, tried,
proceeded upon and determined, in the several county courts, or
in the general court, before the said thirtieth of November, And
shall be of full force, effect and validity, to every legal intent ;
and all writs and othert process, issuing out of any of the said
county courts in the said judicial districts, shall be tested in the
name of the chief judge, and in case of his death, resignation or
disqualification, before a new appointment, in the name of the
associate judge first named in the commission ; and all writs
and other process shall be returnable on the days appointed by
this act.

issued from
the late
county or
general
court, how
to be re-
turned and
tried, &c.—
how pro-
cess to be
tested and
returnable.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That all commitments and re-
cognizances for all felonies, crimes, offences or misdemeanors,
committed in the several counties, and triable by law in
the county courts, shall be returned to the respective county
courts in the several judicial districts, by the justice making
such commitment, or taking such recognizance, on the first day
herein appointed for holding the county court in their county;
and all sheriffs, clerks, and all other civil officers, shall execute
and perform the same offices and duties, under the same penal-
ties, in their respective county courts, as they were bylaw
obliged to perform and execute in the late county courts.

Commit-
ments and
recogni-
zances to
be returned
to the
county

sheriffs, &c,
to execute
their duties,
&c.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained
shall extend, or be construed to extend, to alter or change the
powers and jurisdictions of the court of oyer and terminer and
gaol delivery of Baltimore county, or to give criminal jurisdic-
tion to the county court to be held at Baltimore for the sixth
district, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith-
standing.
By 1816, ch. 193, Baltimore city court was substituted.
SEC, 26, 27. Related to defaults against sheriff in the courts abolished
under this system.
SEC. 28. Gave authority to the clerks to issue executions until their
successors should be appointed.

SEC. 29. Artd be it enacted, That in all cases where sclre
facias is necessary to be issued upon any judgment or proceed-
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Powers,
&c of the
criminal
court of
Baltimore
not to be
affected by
this act.