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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1813.

CHAPTER 149.

AN ACT to continue in force the Acts of Assembly which would expire
with the present session.

Acts
continued.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all such acts and parts of acts of assembly as would expire with
the present session of assembly, be and the same are hereby
continued until the twentieth day of November next, and to the
end of the next session of assembly which shall happen there-
after, except the act, entitled, a further supplement to the act,
entitled, an act for regulating the mode of staying executions
and repealing the acts of assembly therein mentioned, and for
other purposes, passed at May session, eighteen hundred and

*Ch. 18.

thirteen.*

CHAPTER 162.

AN ACT to prevent the unlawful cutting and carrying away of Wood
and Timber.
See note to 1791, ch. 67, ante page 67.

Justice of
the peace
authorized
to deter-
mine cases
of damages.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day of May next, in all cases of
damage for the cutting, destroying or carrying away, timber or
wood from off any land within this state, where such damage
doth not exceed the sum of fifty dollars, it shall and may be law-
ful for any one justice of the peace of each respective county
wherein the trespasser doth reside, to try, hear and determine,
the matter in controversy between an owner of land and tres-
passer as aforesaid, and upon a full hearing of the allegations,
and evidence of both parties, and being satisfied that the timber
or wood alleged to have been cut, destroyed or carried away,
really and truly belonged to the claimant, to give judgment in
his favour against such trespasser, for such damages as may be
assessed by any two or three judicious freeholders, to be appoint-
ed by the justice of the peace trying the case, but if on hearing
an examination as aforesaid, the said justice shall be satisfied,
either that the claimant is not the rightful owner of such timber
or wood, or that the person charged is not guilty of cutting,
destroying or carrying it away, as aforesaid, such justice shall
give judgment in favour of the defendants for his costs of suit.

Judgments
may be su-
perseded.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That judgments rendered under
this act may be superseded in the same manner as other judg-
ments rendered by a justice of the peace.

Appeal

allowed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any person who may think
himself or herself aggrieved by any judgment, rendered under
the provisions of this act, shall have the same benefit and
liberty of appeal, and upon the same terms and conditions, as is
allowed in cases of debts of a similar amount.