4320 ARTICLE 19.

P. L. L, 1888, Art. 19, sec. 58. 1888, ch. 506.

93. In all cases where property distrained for rent in St. Mary's
county, is in the hands of any bailiff or agent of the landlord, and the
tenant shall go before a justice of the peace for said county and confess
judgment in favor of the landlord for the amount of rent claimed and
the costs of the distraint, and shall also make before the said justice a
supersedeas, which shall be substantially in the following form: "State
of Maryland ———— of ———— to wit: We do confess judgment to
————, for the sum of ———— and ———— costs, which were confessed
by ————— in favor of the said ———— on the ————— day of ————
before ———— a justice of the peace of the State of Maryland, for St.
Mary's county, the said debt and costs to be levied of our goods, chattels,
land and tenements, for the use of the said ———— in case the said ————
shall not pay and satisfy to the said ———— the aforesaid judgment and
costs, with any additional costs thereon, at the expiration of six months
from the date of said judgment. The said supersedeas to be signed by
one or more sureties, who shall severally make oath before the said justice
of the peace, that he is worth double the amount of debt, interest and
costs, over and above all debts and exemptions; and the said justice shall
judge of the sufficiency of said supersedeas to secure the amount of debt,
interest and costs, and shall require the same to be sufficient to secure the
debts, interest and costs; and when the supersedeas shall be filed with the
justice of the peace, and he shall be satisfied of its sufficiency as a security
for the debt so confessed, the said justice shall issue an order to the land-
lord, bailiff or agent, to release the property in his possession, and all
further proceedings in the distraint shall be null and void; provided,
that this section shall not affect contracts existing on the 5th of April,
1888.

LEONARDTOWN.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 19, sec. 59. 1860, Art. 18, sec. 38. 1904, ch. 401, sec. 59.

94. The citizens of the village of Leonardtown in St. Mary's County
are and shall continue to be a body corporate by the name of "The Com-
missioners of Leonardtown," and the same shall have perpetual succession,
may sue and be sued, use a common seal and possess such powers, privi-
leges and incidents, as may attend to a municipal corporation, may pur-
chase and hold real, personal and mixed property, and dispose of the same
for the benefit of the said town.

1904, ch. 401, sec. 60. 1914. chs. 423 and 594, sec. 60.

95. The Commissioners shall cause to be accurately established and
bounded the taxable and corporate limits of the said town, and may extend
the Southern or Harbor boundary to the center of the channel of Britten's
Bay, and a full description of same to be filed with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for St. Mary's County, to be recorded in one of the deed
records of said County.