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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1825.

of such deposites and checks shall be made quarter-yearly by
the said commissioners to the said treasurer of the western
shore.

CHAPTER 222.
AN ACT to continue in force the Acts of Assembly which would expire
with the present session.

Be enacted

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all such acts, and parts of acts as would expire with the
present session of assembly, be and the same are hereby con-
tinued to the last Monday of December next, and to the end of
the then session of assembly.

CHAPTER 223.

AN ACT to make valid the acts of Justices of the Peace, relating to
Supersedeas.
See 1791, ch. 67, ante page 274; and 1835, ch. 201.
A Supplement, 1835, ch. 224.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, many of the justices of the peace within this
state, have not written out at large and signed the supersedeas
in the form now required by law, but have made an entry in
their dockets to the following effect : 'Superseded this —— day
of —— , by A. B. and C. D.' as the case may be ; and doubts
have boon entertained whether the said supersedeas is valid ia
law, and to remove all such doubts,

Entries in
dockets
ratified.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the entry made by any justice of the peace of this state
in his docket, or on the warrant, in the following words : Su-
perseded by A. B. and C. D. or to that effect, shall be as valid
and binding upon the parties superseding the said judgments,
and have the same legal operation and effect, as if the said
supersedeas had been written out at length, and signed by the
justice before whom the same was taken.

Entries
hereafter.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in future, it shall not be ne-
cessary for a justice of the peace to write out the supersedeas,
in the form now required by law in any case within the juris-
diction of a justice of the peace, but repeat the form to the party
and his securities, and shall enter the same in his docket, and
also endorse on the judgment, Superseded by A. B. and C. D,
as the case may be, this —— day of —— , for —— months ;
which docket entry and endorsement shall have the same force
and effect in law, as if the same had been written at length,
and signed by the said justice.