886 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. [ART. 52.

the defendant therein shall come before a justice of the peace of
the county where such judgment or decree was rendered, within
two months after the rendition of such judgment or decree, and
together with two other persons, such as the said justice shall ap-
prove of, confess judgment for his debt and costs of suit, adjudged
or decreed, with stay of execution for six months thereafter;
which confession shall be made in manner and form following,
that is to say: "You ——, do confess judgment to ——, for the
sum of —— and costs, which were recovered by the said ——,
against ——, on the —— day of ——, in the —— court; the
said —— to be levied of your goods and chattels, lands or tene-
ments, for the use of the said ——, in case the said —— shall not
pay and satisfy to the said——, so as aforesaid recovered against
him, with the additional costs thereon, on the —— day of ——
next." Which confession shall be signed by the justice before
whom the same is made, and forthwith returned to the clerk of
the court in which the judgment or decree was rendered, who
shall record the same; if the judgment was rendered in the court
of appeals, the confession aforesaid may be made before a justice
of the peace in the county where the defendant resides. This,
section shall not apply to the city of Baltimore; and it shall not
be lawful for the justices of the peace in said city to take super-
sedeas of any judgment recovered in the court of common pleas,
the superior court of Baltimore city or the Baltimore city court,
but such supersedeas shall be taken by the clerks of said courts,
respectively.
Bowes v. Isaacs, 33 Md 535. Smith v. Bowes, 38 Md. 463.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 61, sec. 46. 1791, ch. 67, sec. 4. 1792, ch. 74, sec. 1.

53. The plaintiff in any judgment or decree may issue execu-
tion thereon, at any time within two months after the rendition
of the same or after expiration of the stay which may be entered
thereon, unless the defendant shall supersede the same as provided
in the preceding section; but if the defendant shall supersede as
aforesaid, within the two months, it shall stay any execution pre-
viously issued, and the sheriff shall not proceed on such execution,
if the defendant shows him a certificate of the justice that the
judgment has been superseded, the defendant paying the cost of
the execution.