1831.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 307...

judgment or decision, as prima facie evidence of the de-

mand in question, shall proceed to adjudge the said cases

according to the circumstances and equity thereof.

Act of 1824, chap-

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the act,

189, extended to
Baltimore county.

entitled, An act relating to justices of the peace in the city

of Baltimore, passed at December session, eighteen hun-

dred and twenty-four, chapter one hundred and eighty-nine,

be and they are hereby extended and declared to apply to

Proviso

the justices of the peace in for Baltimore county, out of the
limits of said city; Provided however, That nothing herein

contained shall be construed to confer in the premises.

on said justices, any jurisdiction exclusive of Baltimore

county court; and the provisions of the acts of assembly,

Acst relating to
certiorari extended
to Baltimore coun-

relating to writs of certiorari for judgments of the justices
of the peace in and for the city of Baltimore, are hereby

ty

extended to judgments rendered by justices of the peace in

and for Baltimore county aforesaid, out of the limits of the

city.

Proceedings under

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That every such informal, or

decisons (of board
of examiners of pi-

defective judgment or decision as aforesaid, of the afore-

lots directed.

said board of examiners of pilots, shall have the effect and

be sustainable as aforesaid, before any justice of the peace

when proceeded on before him; and every such case shall

be proceeded with and adjudged by him as is herein direct-

ed, in respect of the county court in such behalf.

Operation of 1st
section limited to

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the first section of this

Baltimore county.

act, be and the same is hereby declared to apply only to

Baltimore county court.

CHAPTER 307.

Passe Mar 12,1832

An act to establish a Bank, and incorporate a company, un-

der the name of the Commercial Bank of Millington, in

Kent County.

Bank established.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-

land, That a bank, to be called and known by the name of

the Commercial Bank of Millington, in Kent county, and

that all persons who may become stockholders in the Com-

Stockholders in

mercial Bank of Millington are hereby made a corporation

corporated.

and body politic, under the name and style of the Commer-

cial Bank of Millington, and by that name shall be, and are

hereby made capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and

be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be de-

fended, in any court of record, or any other place whatever,