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CHAP.
LV. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
and if such debtor shall refuse to discharge his or her debt with any
of the aforesaid
articles, having such for sale, or making sale of any of the aforesaid
articles
to any other person than his or her creditor, after such offer made as
aforesaid
(except so much as may be necessary to pay taxes or procure him or her
the necessaries
of life) that in all such cases the creditor of such debtor shall be at
full
liberty to commence or prosecute his or her suit or suits. |
Debtor to
give bond,
&c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That for all debts on open accounts, or promissory
notes, created or made before the first day of September, seventeen hundred
and
seventy-six, he debtor shall be compelled to give bond and security, including
interest, to commence on such account or promissory note at the expiration
of
twelve months after the same was created or made, or pay the interest,
in current
money, bills of credit as aforesaid, or any of the above enumerated articles,
at
his or her option, and give bond and security for the principal; and in
case any
debtor shall refuse to comply with the terms aforesaid, the creditor may
bring
suit, notwithstanding this act. |
Suits not to be
commenced
on renewed
obligations,
&c. |
IV. And,
whereas many debtors may have renewed their obligations or contracts
for debts or promises aforesaid, created or made within the time aforesaid,
Be
it enacted, That no action or suit shall be commenced or prosecuted
on any such renewed
obligation or promise within the time aforesaid, unless the debtor shall
refuse or
neglect to pay the interest in manner aforesaid, or hath removed, or shall
be about to
remove, himself or his effects out of the state; and the court shall, ex
officio, inquire
into such action or suit, and discontinue the same, if prosecuted contrary
to this act. |
Time not to
be taken as
time limited,
&c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That the time between the passing this act and the first
day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-four, shall not be taken as
part of
the time limited by law for prosecuting suits; and if any defendant shall
plead
the act of limitations, the plaintiff may, on the general replication,
give this
act and the special matter in evidence, without specially pleading the
same. |
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CHAP. LVI.
An ACT for vesting an estate for life in Ariana Kennedy, and an estate
in fee-simple
in John Lynch, and Mary his wife, in the property therein
mentioned.
PR. |
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CHAP. LVII.
An ACT to empower George Gray to sell the lots and houses in Port-Tobacco,
formerly belonging to James Jamieson, and confiscated
by this state, and to
collect the debts due to the said James Jamieson, Johnston,
and
company, and to apply the same as far as his claim extends.
PR. |
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CHAP. LVIII.
A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to raise recruits.
Directing more British property to
be sold for the purpose, &c. &c. |
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CHAP. LIX.
An ACT for the sale of certain
confiscated British property.
For the purpose of supplying congress. |
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CHAP. LX.
An ACT respecting claims to confiscated British property, and to
direct the commissioners in certain cases. |
Property
seized to be
claimed by
March, &c. |
BE it enacted,
by the general assembly of Maryland, That in all cases where
the commissioners have taken into possession real or personal property,
supposing
the same to be the property of the state, every person claiming any
right or interest in the same, shall deliver to the commissioners his claim
in writing,
on or before the first day of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-three;
and every person who has already put in any claim to such property taken
into
possession by the commissioners, shall prosecute his action for the recovery
of the
same, on or before the said first day of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-three. |
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