to be entered upon such process, within such time and in such
manner as according to the rules of the court the same ought to
have been entered, in case such process had been duly served, and
an affidavit or affidavits shall be made to the satisfaction of the
court, that such defendant or defendants is or are out of this province,
or that upon inquiry at his, her or their usual place of abode,
he she or they, could not be found so as to be served with such process,
and that there is just ground to believe that such defendant
or defendants is or are gone out of this province, or otherwise abscond
to avoid being served with the process aforesaid, then and in
such case the said court may make an order, directing and appointing
such defendant or defendants to appear at a certain day therein
to be named, and a copy of such order shall forthwith be inserted
in the Maryland Gazette, and continued therein for six successive
weeks, and a copy of such order shall be left, as soon as conveniently
may be, at the usual place of abode of such defendant or 
defendants, before his, her or their leaving this province or absconding
as aforesaid, and also a copy of it shall be forthwith set
up at the door of the court-house of the county wherein the defendant
or defendants did last reside, before his, her or their absconding
as aforesaid; and if the defendant or defendants do not appear
within the time limited by such order, or within such further time
as the court shall appoint, then, on proof made on such publication
of such order, the court, being satisfied to the truth thereof, may
order the bill of the plaintiff or plaintiffs to be taken pro confesso,
and make such decree thereupon as shall be thought just, and may
thereupon issued process to compel the performance of such decree,
either by an immediate sequestration of the real and personal estate
and effects of the party or parties so absenting, (if any such can be
found,) or such part thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the demands
of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in the said suit, or by causing
possession of the estate or effects demanded by the bill to be delivered
to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or otherwise, as the nature of the
case shall require; and the said court may likewise order such plaintiff
or plaintiffs to be paid and satisfied his, her, or their demands,
out of the estate or effects demanded by the bill to be delivered
to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or otherwise, as the nature of the
case shall require; and the said court may likewise order such plaintiff
or plaintiffs to be paid and satisfied his, her or their demands,
out of the estate or effects so sequestered, according to the true intent
and meaning of such decree, such plaintiff or plaintiffs first giving
sufficient security, in such sum as the court shall think proper,
to abide such order, touching the restitution of such estate or effects
as the court shall think proper to make concerning the same,
upon the appearance of the defendant or defendants to defend such
suit, and paying such costs to the plaintiff or plaintiffs as the court
shall order.