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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
entered into as aforesaid in the office of the clerk of Frederick
county court, there to be recorded, and upon such bond, or any office
copy thereof, suit or suits may be instituted against the obligors
therein, or any of them, or their legal representatives, for any
breach or noncompliance with the condition of the same. |
1805.
CHAP. 72. |
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CHAP. LXXIII.
An Act for the relief of John R. Caldwell, of the City of Baltimore,
Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 94. |
Passed Jan. 25, 1806. |
WHEREAS it hath been represented to this general
assembly, by
the petition of said Caldwell, that he was included in the general
insolvent law, passed at November session, eighteen hundred and
four *, that after the passage of the said law, he made application
to the justices of Baltimore county court, praying relief pursuant to
the provisions of the said act; that the said justices did order and
direct the sheriff of Baltimore county to release the body of the
said Caldwell, which was thin in actual confinement, and did also
appoint the first day of January, eighteen hundred and six, for the
said Caldwell to appear and obtain his final discharge, on his complying
with the conditions prescribed by the said act: And whereas
the powers of the said court, and of the justices thereof, have been
suspended by operation of the acts of assembly passed at this present
session for altering the judiciary system of this state †, so that
the said court is not authorised to extend to the said Caldwell the
relief granted him by the said insolvent law: And whereas since
the suspension of the functions of the said court of Baltimore county,
the said Caldwell hath been taken in execution by virtue of a
writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, issued against him, and is now
imprisoned
in the public gaol of Baltimore county; and this general
assembly thinking it reasonable that the said Caldwell should not
be deprived of the benefit of the said insolvent law, therefore, |
Preamble.
* Ch. 110.
† Ch. 16 and 65. |
2. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the sheriff of Baltimore county be and he is hereby authorised and
directed to release the body of the said John R. Caldwell from confinement,
he the said Caldwell first entering into bond, with good
and sufficient security, payable to the said sheriff, in double the amount
of the debt and costs contained in the said execution, and
conditioned for his appearance at the next county court to be held
for Baltimore county on the return of said execution, and not depart
the said court without the leave thereof, and in all things comply
with, fulfil and perform, the judgement of the said court touching
the premises; Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this act
contained shall operate as a final discharge for the said Caldwell
from the claims of his creditors, upon any other terms than by his
complying with the provisions contained in the said insolvent law. |
Sheriff authorised
to release Jno. R.
Caldwell from
confinement, &c.
Proviso. |
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CHAP. LXXIV.
An Act to authorise the drawing of a Lottery within the City of
Baltimore
for the purpose therein mentioned.
Lib. TH. No. 1, fol. 95. |
Passed Jan. 25, 1806. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
by the memorial
of the Reverend Samuel Knox, of the city of Baltimore, that
he has incurred great expense in the establishment of a literary institution
within the said city, founded upon the laudable principle
of diffusing the blessings of science and literature among the great |
Preamble. |
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