1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAP. 201.

date of the attachment, come in and either in person

or by his agent before the district court rendering

judgment of condemnation aforesaid, and make it ap"

pear that said plaintiff hath been and is satisfied

and paid the said debt, or shew that it ought not to be

paid, or that the said defendant was not indebted to

the said plaintiff at the time of issuing said attachment;

Bar in action

and the said condemnation shall be a good bar, and so

pleadable, to any suit or action brought against the

garnishee or garnishees.

Proceeding to satisfy judgment

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That on all judgments

of the said district court, the party in whose favour the

same may be rendered, shall on application to any one

of the justices thereof, have process or execution there-

on for obtaining the satisfaction of such judgments,and

it shall be lawful for any one of the said district justi-

Fi fas Capias

ces to issue a fieri facias or capias ad satisfaciendum

upon such judgments, returnable to the said district

court, in the same manner and form as now legally

used and practised by a single justice of the peace in

cases within his jurisdiction, and all process or pre-

cepts of whatsoever kind, except executions for fines,

penalties and forfeitures, so to be issued by the said

Directed to sheriff or constable re-

district justice, or district court, shall be directed to

siding in district

and served and executed by the sheriff of the county,

or some constable residing within the election district

in which the said district court is held.

Judge to art al justice of peace

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That nothing herein

out of court

contained shall be construed to prevent the said dis-

trict justices from acting as justices of the peace out

of court, within their respective counties, for which

Separate docket

purpose they shall keep a separate docket, as is now

required to be kept by single justices of the peace, and

Compensation for

shall be entitled to the same fees for his services, and

services'

for all services by the said district justices, as such re-

spectively performed out of court, and for all services

by each of the district courts respectively performed,

they shall respectively have, charge and he entitled to

receive the same fees which a single justice of the

peace now has for the like or similar services where the

Under 50 dollars

demand, in controversy, does not exceed fifty dollars,

and in all cases where the demand in controversy ex-