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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Amended nnd
re-enacted

"Attachments," be and is hereby amended and

re-enacted, so that the same shall read as follows:

Attachments

36. No attachments upon warrant, judgment upon

two non-ests, or upon original process, shall issue

against, be levied on or affect the wages or hire of

any laborer, or employee, not actually due at the date

of such attachment in the hands of the employers,

whether such employers be individuals or corpora-

tions, unless the debt or judgment upon which

Exemption

such attachment is issued shall, exclusive of cost,

exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ; and the

the sum of one hundred dollars of such wages, or hire

due to any laborer or employee, by any employer, or

Provido

corporation shall always be exempt from attachment

by any process whatever; provided, that this act and

nothing herein contained shall apply or in any man-

ner effect any existing debt, contract, note, or judg-

ment, nor prevent any person or body corporate from

issuing an attachment on any judgment, now obtain-

ed or which may hereafter be obtained on any note,

debt or con tract existing at the time of the passage of

this act; and provided that nothing in this act shall

apply to non-resident defendents.

In force

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved, 3d of March, 1874.

CHAPTER 46.

AN ACT to repeal all laws in Worcester county,

entitled "Fencing," and re-enact the same with

amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Repealing

Maryland, That all laws in Worcester county, enti-

tled "Fencing," be, and the same are hereby

repealed.