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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esq; Governor.
CHAP. IX.
A Supplement to the act, entitled, An act to enable the judges
of the general court to continue certain causes
therein mentioned,
and to adjourn the county
courts therein mentioned. |
1788.
Passed December
22. |
WHEREAS by the said act Montgomery county court
is adjourned to
the second Tuesday of January next, and Washington county court
to the fourth Tuesday of January next: And whereas by the said
act
no provision is made for the qualification of the sheriffs of the said
counties, who
were elected on the first Monday of October last: |
Preamble. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in each of the
said counties it shall and may be lawful for three or more of the justices
of the
said county courts to meet in court at the usual places of holding the
courts of
the sid counties, at any time before the said days to which the said
courts are
adjourned, and then and there to qualify the said sheriffs, and to take
bonds with
security from the said sheriffs, and to do any and every other act
relating to the qualification
of the sheriffs, and taking the bond with security required by law, in
the
same manner as either of the said courts would have been authorised to
do the same
at the usual time for their meeting in November last, if the said act
had not passed. |
Justices to
meet and qualify
sheriffs,
&c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That each of the said sheriffs, after qualification
and
giving bond with security under this act, shall proceed in the execution
of his
office, in the same manner as he might have done if the said courts had
not been
adjourned, and the qualification and execution of the bond aforesaid had
taken
place at the usual times and places for the meeting of the said courts
in the
month of November last past. |
Who may
proceed in
their offices,
&c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That all causes, pleas, and other proceeding, civil and
criminal, depending in either of the said county courts at their adjourned
August
courts, and then not finally determined, or continued to the November courts,
shall, on the meeting of the said November courts in the month of January
next,
be in the same situation and condition in every respect that they would
have been
in if continued to the said November courts. |
Causes, &c. to
be in same situation,
&c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That all writs, executions, and other process, to be issued
in either of the said counties returnable to March court next, and all
summonses,
and other process, to be issued returnable to November adjourned court,
in either of
the said counties, shall bear test, as of the days when the said courts
would have
met in the month of November last, as if the said recited act had not
passed. |
And writs,
&c. to bear
test, &c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That in each of the counties in this state where the sheriff
may not have been qualified, or given bond, and the courts of the said
counties
have been adjourned, it shall and may be lawful for three or more of the
justices
of the said courts to meet in court at any day before the day to which
they may
be adjourned, and to exercise similar powers to those herein given to the
justices
of Montgomery and Washington county courts for the qualification and taking
security of the sheriffs of those counties, which qualification and giving
of bond
under this act shall be as effectual to every purpose as if they had taken
place at
the said courts before adjournment. |
Justices in
each county
may meet, &c. |
CHAP. X.
An ACT directing the time, places and manner, of holding elections
for representatives of this state in the congress of
the United
States, and for appointing electors on the part of this
state for
choosing a president and vice-president of the United
States, and
for the regulation of the said elections. |
Passed December
22. |
WHEREAS it is declared by the constitution of the
United States, that
the house of representatives in the congress of the United States shall
be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of |
Preamble. |
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