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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

provided, that the sheriff elected for Calvert county shall be
required to give a bond in the penalty of ten thousand dol-
lars, and for no greater sum.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved" April 6th, 1894.

CHAPTER 648.

AN ACT to add an additional section to the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, Article 9, title " Attachments,"
to be known as " Section 48."

New section .

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the following section be and it is hereby,
added to Article 9 of the Code of Public General Laws of the
State of Maryland, title "Attachments," to be known as "Sec-
tion 48."

48, Although the debt or obligation upon which the action

Attachment

proceeding

is brought may not have matured, the creditor may, neverthe-
less, proceed by attachment, as heretofore provided, in the
following cases: (1) When the debtor absconds; (2) when
he has assigned, disposed of or concealed or is about to assign,
dispose of or conceal his property or some part thereof, with
intent to defraud his creditors; (3) when he is about 'to abscond
from this State; (4) when he has fraudulently contracted the
debt or incurred the obligation respecting which the action is
brought; or, (5) when he has removed or is about to remove
his property, or some portion thereof, out of this State, with
intent to defraud his creditors. The date of the maturity of
the debt or obligation shall be set forth in the affidavit upon
which the attachment is to issue, and the plaintiff shall not be
entitled to judgment either in the short note or in the attach-
ment case until after the maturity of the debt or obligation.

Approved April 6th, 1894.