ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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election district in Garrett county out of the
first and tenth election districts, and to be called
district number twelve," be and the same is
hereby repealed.

Repealed.

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

Approved February 2, 1888.

Chapter 5.

AN ACT to repeal chapter eighty-six of the acts
of assembly passed at the January session,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled,
"An act to regulate the trial of causes before
justices of the peace for Garrett county,"
and to enact the following sections in lieu
thereof, requiring security for costs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That chapter eighty-six of
the acts of assembly passed at January session,

Effective.

eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled, "An
act to regulate the trial of causes before justices
of the peace for Garrett county," be and the same
is hereby repealed, and the following sections be
enacted in lieu thereof :
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in any suit or
action, before a justice of the peace, in Garrett
county, where the plaintiff is not a resident of
the State of Maryland, the justice of the peace

Repealed and
sections enac-
ted in lieu.

shall, upon motion of the defendant, require the
plaintiff to give security for the payment of the
costs and ch arges which may be recovered against
him in such action. When such security is re-

Give security.

quired, in any case, the plaintiff shall be entitled
to a continuance for not less than six nor more
than fourteen days, and if the security required
be not then given, he shall be non-suited.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in all cases of

Entitled to
continuance.

appeal from justices of the peace in said county
to the circuit court, the plaintiff, if he be a non-
resident of the State of Maryland, may be re-

Appeal from
justices of the
peace.