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ART. 21. ] WASHINGTON COUNTY. 629
CIRCUIT COURT.
1864, c. 187 repeals sections 54 55, 56 and 57 and re-enacts the same as follows:
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54. There shall be three regular common law
terms of the circuit court of Washington county,
held at Hagerstown; the first of said terms to com-
mence on the first Monday of March, the second on
the fourth Monday of July, and the third on the
second Monday of November in each year; and to
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1804, c. 187.
Terms.
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March and November terms only shall there be
juries summoned and returned.
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Juries.
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55. No trial of facts by jury shall take place at
the July term of said court, but all civil process
issuing out of said court shall be returned thereto
at the said July term as to other regular terms; and
the judge of said court shall open and hold said July
term for the rendition of judgments in undisputed
cases, and for receiving motions and making rules
and orders, and hearing demurrers and all questions
of law or other matters, or questions that may be
tried without jury.
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In what terms
jury trials to
be had.
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66. The clerk of the said circuit court, upon the
close of the March term, shall make up but one trial
docket of civil causes to the ensuing July and No-
vember terms, and not separate trial dockets to each
of said terms, and to which said trial docket shall be
transferred such cases from the appearance docket of
the July term as may properly belong to the trial
docket of the ensuing November term of said court;
and there shall be no criminal dockets made up
to said July term, nor any criminal process issued
or made returnable thereto, but to the March and
November's only.
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Duty of clerk.
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57. There shall be annually six regular equity or
chancery terms of said circuit court, the first of
which shall commence on the first Monday of Feb-
ruary, the second on the first Monday of March,
(that being also the commencement of the common
law March term of said court, ) the third on the first
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Equity terms.
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