1835,

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

assigns, in case a return of the same shall he adjudged

CHAP, 201.

by the district court before whom the said writ of re-

plevin shall he tried, and shall pay all damages and

Appraisement

costs which may he awarded by the said court; and

upon the service of any such writ of Replevin, the

goods and property shall he forthwith appraised by

two sworn appraisers, to whom the officers serving the

Oath required

said writ are hereby authorised and required to adminis-

ter an oath or affirmation, that they will truly

and impartially appraise the same property at the sura

Case of exceeding

or price they shall believe it to be really worth, and

100 dollars

if such appraisement shall exceed one hundred dol-

lars, all further proceedings shall cease, and the plain-

tiff or party demanding the said writ shall be liable

for, and pay all costs and charges which may have

Return directed

accrued thereon, and the said officer shall return the

said writ to the said district court, certifying thereon

that the value of the property exceeds the jurisdiction

of the said court, and he shall return the schedule and

appraisement of the property annexed to the said writ

and return.

Claim against non residents, &c.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That whenever any

person or persons shall be indebted to any other per-

son or persons in a sum not exceeding one hundred

dollars, and the said creditor or creditors shall make

oath or affirmation before any one of the said district

justices, that the said debtor or debtors is or are

indebted to him, her or them, in the sum of not ex-

ceeding one hundred dollars, and that the said debtor

or debtors do not reside within the limits of the State

of Maryland, or that he, she or they, is or are credi-

bly informed and verily believes that the said debtor

Or persons abscon-ded

or debtors hath or have absconded from his, her or

their place of abode, whereby his, her or their credi-

tors may be injured or defrauded, and at the same time

Covenant or note.

produce before the said district justice the covenant,

&c. to be produ. ced

bill, bond, note or account or other evidence of the

debt, it shall and may be lawful for any district justice

Attachment may issue

in said district to issue an attachment, returnable be-

fore the said District Court, against the goods and chat-

tels, rights and credits, lands and tenements, of the said

absent or absconding defendant, which are or shall be