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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1815.

issued upon such judgments as if no such suspension had taken
place.

Plea of
limitation.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the time invervening between
the petitioning of any of said debtors, and the time that any of
said petitions may be dismissed, shall not be computed on any
plea of limitation so as to defeat any claim of any person against
such debtor.

DECEMBER, 1815.— CHAPTER 62.

*1806, ch,
16.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled an Act authorizing the Justices of the
Orphans Courts to take Sheriffs' Bonds,
See notes to original law, ante page 537,

Judges of
county
courts may
qualify
sheriffs.

SEC, 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for
either of the justices of the orphans court, at the time of taking
the sheriff's bonds as prescribed in the act to which this is a
supplement, to qualify the sheriff so bonding, in the same man-
ner as the judges of the county courts are authorized to do, and
transmit a certificate thereof to the clerk of their county court,
to be by him recorded, which qualification shall be valid in law,
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Qualifica-
tion to bo
valid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the qualification of any
sheriff already taken before a justice of the orphans court shall
be valid and effectual in law.

CHAPTER 71.

*1807, ch.
62.

A further SUPPLEMENT to the ACT*, entitled, an Act for quieting posses-
sions, and securing and confirming the estates of purchasers.
See notes to 1715, ch. 47, ante page. 35.

Acknow-
ledgment of
deeds, &c.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all deeds heretofore made for conveying or passing any
estate of inheritance or freehold, or declaring or limiting any
use of uses, trust or trusts, or for conveying any estate or estates
for above seven years, which have been acknowledged by femes
covert, and wherein it appears by the certificate of the person or
persons lawfully authorized to take such acknowledgments, that
the same were made agreeably to law, or according to the act of
assembly, or words to that effect, although it does not appear
that the same were made by such femes covert on private ex-
aminations, or out of the presence and hearing of their respective
husbands, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be, of
the same validity and effect to pass the property and estate
limited and expressed therein, as if such acknowledgment had
been taken and certified in the manner heretofore required by

Provisos,

law ; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall affect the
decision of any suit now depending, or in any case wherein a
judgment hath been obtained, or when any person or persons