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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

Scire facias
may issue
on judg-
menu In
the late ge-
neral court
or court of
appeals, re-
turnable to
the county
court — how
to be tested

ing in the late general court of either shore, or in the late court
of appeals, the late clerks, and the clerks hereafter appointed,
respectively, shall, upon application as aforesaid, issue the said
scire facias, directed to the sheriff of the proper county, and
shall transmit therewith a short copy of the said judgment or
proceeding under the seal of the late courts, or of the court of
appeals hereafter, as the case may be, and it shall be made re-
turnable to the place, and at the time, herein prescribed for
holding the court for said county, and shall be tested in the
name of the late presiding judge of the respective court, or in
the name of the chief judge of the court of appeals, as the case
may be, and shall be of the same effect, and be valid in law, to
every legal intent, and be proceeded upon in like manner, as
writs of scire facias, which issued, or shall issue, from the
county courts, on judgments obtained therein in similar cases
have heretofore issued from said courts respectively, any law to
the contrary notwithstanding.
By 1806, ch. 90, sec. 2, the clerk of the county court may renew any
such writ of scire facias, if it has not been executed by the sheriff. See
November 1812, ch. 145, as to scire facias against heirs or terre tenants.
SEC. 30. Makes provision for the distribution of papers belonging to the
late general court.
SEC. 31. Continues the clerks in office and validates their acts until
their successors are appointed,

Where a
difference
of time
existed, &c.
that in
county
court to
prevail.

SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That in all instances whatever,
where a difference of time existed in the general court and the
county court, for the doing of the same or similar matters or
things, that the time prescribed for the county court shall
prevail.
SEC. 33. Makes acts done, by late county courts valid.
SEC. 34, 35, 36. Makes valid recognizances of bail, bail bonds, and judi-
cial acts, made or entered into, between the abolition of the old courts, and
the adoption of this system.

Deeds,&c.
acknow-
ledged, &c.
to be valid.

SEC. 37. And be it enacted, That all deeds for land, or other
property, as well as every other instrument of writing, that has
been, since the said thirtieth of November, or that shall be,
before the first day of March next, executed or acknowledged
before any judge of the general court, or before any chief justice
of a district, or before any one or more associate justices of the
county court, shall have the same effect and operation, to all
intents and purposes whatever, as if the general court, or coun-
ty court, had not been changed or abolished, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
See 1807, ch. 52, confirming all deeds acknowledged before two justices
of the peace. See also November 1809, ch. 164.

All causes,
pleas, &c.

depending

SEC. 38. And be it enacted, That all causes, pleas, process
and proceedings, of every kind whatsoever, either civil or cri-
minal, which were depending and undetermined on the aforesaid