394 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. [ART. 52

may then deliver the same to the plaintiff, and the clerk shall
have said judgments properly indexed; said judgments shall be
liens from the date of such recording; the said clerk shall enter
any of said judgments satisfied upon the order in writing of the
plaintiff or his attorney, and shall file such order in his office.

Supersedeas and Execution.

1896, ch. 207.

52. No execution shall issue upon any judgment or decree
obtained in any circuit court for any county of this State, pro-
vided 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 approve 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 tenements, for the use of the said ——,
in case the said ——shall not pay and satisfy to the said ——,
the said —— so as aforesaid recovered against him, with the addi-
tional 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; provided, how-
ever; that no such confession of judgment shall operate as a
supersedeas of or delay the issuing of an execution upon any
judgment or decree rendered by any of the circuit courts or the
Court of Appeals of this State, unless the same be approved,
both as to form and the sufficiency of the security by the clerk
of the court where the judgment or decree intended to be super-
seded was rendered. This section shall not apply to the city of
Baltimore; and it shall not be lawful for the justices of the