LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1825.

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sons being male alien, shall proceed to comply with the provi-
sion of the first and third sections of this act, and become natu-
ralized citizens within the time prescribed in said sections as
the case may require.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in case any alien acquiring
any title to, or interest in any real estate as aforesaid, shall at
the time of such acquisition be a male infant, or non compos
mentis, then the term herein before limited for making the
declaration aforesaid, shall be reckoned from the time such
alien shall arrive at full age, or become of sane mind, (as the
case may be) and not from the time of acquiring title to said
real estate.

Infante and
non compos
mentis.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any alien or aliens shall,
after having acquired any right, title or interest of, in or to any
lands, tenements or hereditaments as provided in the first sec-
tion of this law, shall sell, convey or dispose of the same before
he, she or they shall have become naturalized as aforesaid, and
shall after such sale, conveyance and disposition, refuse or
neglect to become naturalized as aforesaid, such sale, convey-
ance or disposition, shall be as good and valid in law as if he,
she, or they had become naturalized agreeably to the provisions
of said first section, and of the laws of the land.

Neglecting
to natura-
lize shall
not invali-
date con-
veyances,
&c.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the heirs of any alien hold-
ing real properly, shall have, hold and enjoy the same, under
the provisions of this act, in the same manner, and on the same
conditions that natural born citizens are now entitled to hold

Heirs of
aliens shall
inherit.

and enjoy real estate within this state : Provided, That such
heirs, being male shall proceed to comply with the provisions of
this act.

Proviso.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained,
shall be so construed as to divest or impair any right of property
acquired under the existing laws at any time before the passage
of this act, and shall in no wise be construed so as to enable
any alien or aliens by conforming to the provisions of this act,
to hold any property as trustee or trustees for any alien or
foreign corporation.

CHAPTER 68.

AN ACT regulating Appeals from Magistrates1 Judgments.
See 1791, ch. 68, ante page 277.

Restric-
tions.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, when any appeal
shall be taken from a magistrate's judgment, and an appeal bond
shall be filed with sufficient securities, the said appeal shall ope-
rate as a supersedeas to any execution on said judgment, not-
withstanding a levy may have been made under the same;

Appeal to
operate as a
supersedeas

Provided, the said appeal shall be taken, and the said bond filed

Proviso.