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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

liabilities made and entered into by him, and may
sue and be sued as fully as if he was of full age.

In force.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 6, 1868.

CHAPTER 18.

AN ACT to make valid the official Acts of the
Justices of the Peace, Constables and Supervisors
of the Public Roads in Wicomico county.

Justices of
Peace, Consta-
bles and Road
Supervisors.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That all the official Acts of the sev-
eral Justices of the Peace, Constables and Road
Supervisors residing and acting within the limits
of Wicomico county, who received their appoint-
ments as such for the counties of Somerset and
Worcester, be and the same are hereby ratified
and confirmed and made as good and binding in
law as if they had been duly appointed and quali-
fied as officers for Wicomico county until their
successors shall have been appointed and qualified ;
provided the same be not otherwise defective for
reasons other than want of jurisdiction.

Judgment.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That Justices of the
Peace, resident within the limits of Somerset or
Worcester county, who may have rendered judg-
ment, against any person resident within the limits
of Wicomico county, from whose judgment an ap-
peal has been prayed, within sixty days from the
rendition thereof, shall transmit the papers in such
case together with a copy of the judgment rendered
therein to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Wi-
comico county for review in said Court.

Exceeding
fifty doliars.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all judgments
rendered by the Justices of the Peace of Wicomico
county for any sum exceeding fifty dollars (pro-
vided a certified copy thereof be recorded in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Coiirt for said
county,) shall be a lien upon the real estate of the
defendant.