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executing a deed of conveyance to the purchaser thereof, the
judge of the circuit court for the county in which the lands lie,
or the judge of the superior court of Baltimore city, if the lands
lie in said city, on application by petition in writing by the pur-
chaser or his legal representatives, may appoint some person to
execute and deliver the deed to the purchaser, or his legal
representatives, for the lands and tenements so sold; and such
deed, if the sale has been confirmed by the court, shall be as
valid as if executed by the constable who made the saie.

Sults on Bond and Remedies Against.

P. G. L , (1860,) art 23, sec 18. 1825, ch. 198, sec 1.

18. Where a constable is defaulted for any sum or sume of
money, or has collected any sums of money, and refuses or
neglects to pay the same to the person entitled thereto, and the
sum does not exceed one hundred dollars, the person to whom the
same is dne may apply to any justice of the county or city, who
shall issue his summons against the constable and his securities,
in the usual form, and upon trial, may give judgment for the
amount due and costs against the constable and his securities in.
the same manner as if the securities were bound in a joint and
several note with the constable, from which judgment there shall
be the same right of appeal and supersedeas as in other eases.

State v. Jones, 21 Md. 433.

Ibid, sec 19. 1825, ch. 198, sec. 3.

19. A certificate from the clerk of the circuit court for the
county, or the superior court of Baltimore city, stating who are
the securities of a constable, and the time when they became
such, shall be sufficient evidence of the fact; and it shall not be
necessary to produce a full copy of the bond.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1842, ch. 283, sec 1.

20. In all suits by a creditor upon the bond of a constable for
any neglect of duty, or default in not prosecuting and recovering;
money upon any claim placed in his hands for collection accord-
ing to law, or for a breach of duty in not paying over money
collected by him upon any such claim, the receipt of such con-
stable to the creditor or his agent for the claim for collection, or