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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Responsible.

unpaid thereon, and for failure so to do, the bond
of such Sheriff or Constable shall be responsible to
the party or parties to whom said crops shall be
pledged.

Secure claim.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That if the vendor or
vendors shall consider it necessary further to secure
their claim for said manures so as aforesaid sold,
he or they may proceed before a Justice of the
Peace of the county where the purchaser or pur-
chasers may reside for the amount pledged or un-
paid, first summoning the party or parties who
made the pledge before the Justice of the Peace
and producing as evidence of his claim, the writ-
ten pledge given to him or them by defendant or
defendants, and upon the Justice of the Peace
being satisfied that the claim is just, he shall enter

Judgment.

judgment for amount due according to the terms
of the pledge designated in said judgment the crop
or crops of said defendant or defendants which
shall be responsible for said claim which only shall
he subject to execution and sold under such judg-
ment for payment of said claim, and no amount of
such claim shall be a limit to the jurisdiction of
said Justice; nor shall there be any superseders
on said judgment; but the defendant or defend-

Appeal to Cir-
cuit Court.

ants may have the privilege of appeal to the Cir-
cuit Court, of the county in which he resides as
provided in other judgments recovered before a
Justice of the Peace upon giving bond with two
approved securities in double the amount of debt,
interest and costs of said judgment rendered
against him, her or them.

Landlord have
precedence.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That no pledge given
as hereinbefore provided shall be preferred to the
claim of a landlord against his tenant for rent of
the land on which the manures aforesaid may be
applied whether the rent be payable in money or
in a share of the crops, but the landlord's claim
for rent shall only be preferred to the claim of the
vendor or vendors of the manures aforesaid for one
year and that the year in which the crops are made
and gathered on which such manures were applied.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That in case the ven-
dor or vendors of the manures aforesaid shall fail
to make from the pledge given them as aforesaid
and proceedings there under, their claim secured