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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1825.

within fourteen days after said judgment is rendered ; And
provided also, that the party appellant first pays or tenders pay-
ment to the officer making such levy, all the legal fees which
shall have accrued upon said levy.

Limitation.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That nothing herein contained,
shall be construed to affect in any way the time allowed by law
for taking appeals from magistrates' judgments, or the legal
operation of appeal bonds otherwise than as in the first section
of this act is expressed.

CHAPTER 78.

*1798, ch.
108.

A further SUPPLEMENT to the ACT,* entitled, an Act declaring what shall
be Evidence in certain cases therein mentioned.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, many of the manuscript books in which were
recorded, the votes and proceedings of the several conventions
held antecedently to the formation of the state government, and
also such manuscript books as contained the votes and proceed-
ings of the senate and house of delegates, are missing and it is
expedient that a full copy of such proceedings should be pre-
served for the information of the people.

Executive
to purchase
&c.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the governor and council, are hereby authorized and re-
quested to purchase or otherwise procure an entire and complete
set of the manuscript or printed votes and proceedings, of every
session of the conventions above mentioned and each branch of
the legislature, and lodge the same after having the volumes
properly bound with the clerk of the court of appeals to be
preserved by him among the records of his office.

Printer to
furnish
copies.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That after every session of the
legislature, a printed copy of the votes and proceedings of each
house shall be delivered by the printer to the clerk of the said
court, who shall cause the same to be bound in such manner as
to correspond with the other volumes, and copies and extracts,
from said manuscript or printed volumes when officially at-
tested by the said clerk, shall be received in evidence in any
court of law or equity or before any judge or justice of this
state in the same manner and with the same effect as if the
original record and the votes and proceedings was itself pro-
duced.

CHAPTER 93.

* 1809, ch.
133.

A further and an additional SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, an Act con-
cerning Crimes and Punishments.

No sen-
tence to
penitentiary
for lest than
two years.

See notes to the original law, ante page 572.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day of June next, it shall not be
lawful for any of the courts of law of this state, to sentence