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shall be as valid as if the confession had been written out at
length in the form hereinbefore given.

54. Every security in a supersedeas of a judgment rendered
by a justice of the peace, shall sign the same; or if he cannot
write, make his mark; and no such supersedeas shall be valid
against any security unless his signature or mark shall have
been affixed thereto and attested by the justice

55. An execution may be issued by a justice of the peace pre-
vious to the supersedeas of the judgment, but the constable or
sheriff shall not proceed on said execution if a certificate that
the judgment has been superseded be shown to him, the defend-
ant paying the costs of execution.

56. No execution or scire facias shall issue against the securi-
ties on any supersedeas taken on a judgment rendered by a
justice of the peace, after the expiration of four years from the
date of said supersedeas; and after the lapse of the said four
years such securities shall be discharged.

57. A confession of judgment by way of supersedeas of a judg-
ment or decree in a court of record shall be a lien on the lands
of the persons therein named, from the time such supersedeas is
filed with the clerk of the court, in the same manner as judg-
ments rendered in any court of law.

58. The confession of a judgment by way of supersedeas shall
not defeat the lien of the original judgment.

59. Any justice of the peace may issue an execution or any
other process on any judgment rendered by a justice of the
peace of his county, or on any supersedeas taken on such judg-
ment, after the stay expires, either on the original judgment
or on a copy thereof from the docket of another justice.

60. Any justice of the peace may issue an attachment by way
of execution in any case where he is authorized to issue a fieri
facias.

61. Any justice may issue execution or any other process on a
short copy of a judgment rendered by a justice of any other
county or city in this State; Provided, said short copy be certi-
fied by the clerk of the Circuit Court where the judgment was