| 1790.
CHAP.
XXXIII. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
Saint-Mary's county on the first Mondays in March and August, and in
Calvert
county on the third Mondays in March and August; in Prince-George's county
on the first Mondays in April in September; in Charles county on the third
Mondays in April and September; in Cæcil county on the first Monday
in
March and second Monday in October; in Kent county on the third Monday
in
March and fourth Monday in October; in Queen-Anne's county on the third
Monday in May and second Monday in November; in Talbot county on the second
Monday in June and the fourth Monday in November; in Anne-Arundel
county on the first Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September;
in
Baltimore county on the third Monday in March and second Monday in November;
in Harford county on the second Mondays in April and September; in Caroline
county on the first Monday in March and the second Monday in October;
in Dorchester county on the third Monday in March and fourth Monday in
October; in Somerset county on the third Monday in May and second Monday
in November; in Worcester county on the second Monday in June and fourth
Monday in November; in Washington county on the second Monday in April
and first Monday in December; in Frederick county on the fourth Monday
in
March and third Monday in November; in Montgomery county on the second
Monday in March and first Monday in November; and in Allegany county
on
the fourth Monday in April and the third Monday in December. |
Governor and
council to
appoint
chief
justices, &c. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That the governor and the council be authorised and
requested to appoint and commission, for each of the said districts,
one person of
integrity and experience, and sound legal knowledge, who shall reside in
the
district for which he is appointed, (who shall be styled in the commission
chief
justice of the county courts in such district,) and to appoint and commission,
in
each of the counties of this state, two persons of integrity, experience
and knowledge,
residents of the county for which they were appointed, (who shall be
styled
in the commission associate justices of the county court of the county
for which
they shall be appointed;) and the said justices shall hold their commission
during
good behaviour, and may be removed for misbehaviour, in the same manner
as
the chancellor and the judges may be removed agreeably to the constitution
of
this state, and not otherwise. |
Of whom the
county courts
are to be composed,
&c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That the county courts in each district, shall be composed
of the chief justice of the district in which each county shall be, and
of the
two associate justices appointed for such counties respectively; and that
the said
county court, or the chief justice alone, or the two associate justices,
shall have,
possess and execute, the same power, jurisdiction and duties, now vested
in, or
required of, the county courts of this state, except in the cases hereafter
excepted,
(and an appeal, or writ of error, shall lie to the general court in
the same manner,
and under the same regulations, as is now, or shall hereafter be, allowed
by
law from the county courts to the general court;) and any one of the said
associate
justices may hold and adjourn the said court, and impannel and charge the
grand jury, and direct process to issue on any presentment or indictment
found in
the said court, or on any petition or complaint exhibited to the said
court, and he
may direct subpœnas to issue for witnesses to attend the said court,
or attachments
of contempt to issue against witnesses or jurors for non-attendance, and
he may
direct any witness to be sworn to the grand jury, and receive any presentment
or indictment from the grand jury, and take recognizances for the appearance
of
witnesses, or any person presented or indicted, and he may commit any person
presented or indicted for want of security, and he may direct judgments
to be
entered on confession, on non sum informatus. |
Causes, &c. to
be returned,
&c. |
VI. And be it
enacted, That all causes, pleas, process and proceedings, relative
to any cause, civil or criminal, which shall be returnable to, or depending
before, the several county courts of this state when this act shall
commence, shall
be returned to the several county courts constituted by this act, at
the times herein
before appointed for the holding of each court, and shall be heard, tried,
and determined
therein, in the same manner as if no change had been made in the said
courts. |
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