THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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execution by way of attachments or fieri facias on
nil judgments in their respective county, not over
three years' standing, against persons residing

within the limits of Wicomico County, to be directed
to the Sheriff of Wicomico County, and to he made
returnable to the Circuit Court of Wicomico County,
without any previous return of nulla bona, by the
Sheriff of Somerset or Worcester County, to an
execution to be issued to them, and without any
affidavit of the -creditor, as provided by law in or-
dinary cases.

To be directed
to the Sheriff

Sec. 2. And te it enacted. That this Act shall
go into effect from the day of its passage,

Approved February 18, 1868,

In force.

CHAPTER 46.

AN ACT to ratify the proceedings of the Sheriffs
and Constables of Somerset County and Worces-
ter County, upon executions issued to them prior
to the formation of Wicomico County.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That in all cases wherein executions
by way of attachments, or fieri facia, have issued to
the Sheriffs of Somerset or Worcester County or to
any Constables prior to the formation of Wicomico
County, which execution was laid or levied before
Wicomico County was formed, and the said Sheriffs
or Constables, after the formation of said Wicomi-
co County, made sale in pursuance thereof, such
sale so made or which may hereafter be made in
pursuance of such execution and levy, is hereby
fully confirmed and made as valid, as if such sale
were made within said Sheriffs or Constables bail-
iwick ; provided eueh sale is otherwise legal and
regular.

Fieri focia

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
go into effect from the day of its passage.

Approved February 18, 1868,

In force.