.LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1813.

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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all and every part of any act
or acts of assembly inconsistent with, and repugnant to the
provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed ;

Repeal of
former
laws.

Provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent any person from
bringing suit in the county court for trespass as heretofore used
and practised.

Proviso,

SEC. 5. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if the per-
son or persons so cutting or carrying away timber or wood, shall
claim title to the land on which the same was growing or lying,
or shall allege that he or they acted under any person or persons
claiming title to such land, and shall verify such claim or justi-
fication by oath, or affirmation, the justice before whom the
trespass aforesaid shall be prosecuted, shall take no further cog-
nizance of the same.

CHAPTER 164.

AN ACT concerning Sentences of Foreign Courts.

If person
cutting
timber, &c.
shall verify
his claim to
land, jus-
tice to take
no farther
cognizance
of same.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That no
sentence, judgment or decree, final or interlocutory, of any
judge, court, board, council or tribunal, having or exercising
municipal, admiralty or prize jurisdiction, without the limits of
the United States, and its territories, shall be conclusive evi-
dence in any case or controversy in the courts of this state, of
any fact, matter or thing, therein contained, stated or expressed,
except of the acts and doings of such foreign judge, court,

Foreign de-
crees not to
be conclu-
sive evi-
dence with-
in the juris-
dictional
limits of
the U.
States.

board, council or tribunal ; Provided always, that nothing in
this act contained shall be so construed as to impair or destroy
the legal effects of any such foreign sentence, judgment or
decree, on the property affected or intended to be affected
thereby; and provided also, that nothing herein contained
shall extend to any suit or action now depending in any of the
courts of this state.

CHAPTER 165.
AN ACT authorizing persons to whom Letters Testamentary or of Admi-
nistration have been or may be granted in the District of Columbia, to
prosecute and recover claims in this state.
See notes to 1798, ch. 101, ante page 370.

Provisos.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it
shall be lawful for any person or persons to whom letters testa-
mentary or of administration hath been or may hereafter be
granted by the proper authorized* in the District of Columbia,
to maintain any suit or action, and to prosecute and recover any
claim in this state, in the same manner as if the letters testa-
mentary or of administration had been granted to such person
or persons by the proper authority in this state ; and the letters
testamentary or of administration, or a copy thereof, certified

Persons to
whom let-
ters testa-
mentary,
fee. have
been
granted In
District of
Columbia,
to maintain
suit in this
state.
(*authority)