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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1823.

said church when so convened shall have power to elect a
chairman and secretary, the former to preside at such meeting,
and to determine who of the members convened shall be enti-
tled to vote, and the latter to record or take minutes of the
proceedings, and the said meeting shall thereupon elect by
ballot eight of the most religious and intelligent members of
such church as vestrymen.

Their
authority.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the persons so elected shall
within ten days after their election, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, meet and qualify in the manner now prescribed for
other vestrymen, and shall thereafter be considered the vestry of
such parish until the next Easter Monday, and as such shall
have power to elect church wardens and a register and to do all
other acts which the vestries can lawfully do.

CHAPTER 194.

AN ACT relating to Executions.

Judgments
good for
three years.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
on all judgments hereafter to be rendered in auy county courl
or by any justice of the peace in this state, or in the court of
appeals, a fieri facias or capias ad satisfaciendum may issue at
any time within three years from the date of such judgments.

CHAPTER *195.

AN ACT relating to the Treasurers of the State on the Eastern and Western
Shore, the Clerks of the Court of Appeals, the Clerks of the several
County Courts, the Clerk of the City Court of Baltimore, the Register in
Chancery, and the Registers of Wills in the several counties of this state.

Bonds to be
renewed.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That on the first day of August next, and on or before the first
day of August in every second year thereafter, the treasurers of
the state on each shore, the clerks of the court of appeals, the
clerks of the several county courts, the clerk of the city court of
Baltimore, the register in chancery, and the registers of wills
of the several counties in this state, be, and they are hereby
required to renew the several bonds now given by them to the
state with sufficient sureties, the bond to be executed by the
treasurers, to be approved by the governor and council for the
time being, the bonds executed by the clerks of the court of
appeals to be approved by the judges of the court of appeals, the
bonds to be executed by the clerks of the county courts, to be
approved by the judges thereof, the bond to be executed by the
clerk of the city court of Baltimore, to be approved by the judges
thereof, the bond to be executed by the register in chancery to
be approved by the chancellor, and the bonds to be executed
by the registers of wills, to be approved by the judges of the
orphans court, and the said bonds so as aforesaid to be exe-