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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tricts four, five, six and fourteen, and in said dis-

tricts four, five, six and fourteen there shall be one

justice of the peace for each of said districts, and

there shall be one constable in each election district

now existing or hereafter to be created in said county.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from and after the first day of January, eigh-

When effec-

teen hundred and eighty- two ; and in the meantime

tive.

the said section ninety-four shall remain in force as

it existed prior to the passage of this act.

Approved April 10, 1880.

CHAPTER 253.

AN ACT to amend the Code of Public General

Laws, article forty-five, relating to husband and

wife, by adding sections thereto, to be known as

sections thirty-one, thirty-two and thirty-three

respectively, to relieve a husband from liability

from his wife's debts before marriage.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

Additional

bly of Maryland, That the following sections be

sections.

added to the article forty-five, relating to husband

and wife, viz. :

SECTION 31. No husband shall hereafter be liable

in any manner for any debts of his wife contracted,

Who is liable

or for any claims or demands against her arising

prior to marriage, but she and her property shall

remain liable therefor in the same manner as if the

marriage had not taken place.

SEC. 32. Proceedings at law or in equity, accord-

How opeia-

ing to the nature of such debts, claims or demands,

tive

may be taken against such married woman, not-

withstanding her coverture in her married name,

joining her husband therein as a defendant ; but no