ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

..........and..........costs, which were confessed by
.......... in favor of the said.........on the...........day

795

of......... before.......... a justice of the peace of
the State of Maryland, for St. Mary's county, the
said debt and costs to be levied of our goods,
chattels, lands and tenements for the use of the
said.......... in case the said..........shall not pay
and satisfy to the said.......... the aforesaid judg-
ment and costs, with any additional costs
thereon, at the expiration of six months from
the date of said judgment." The said supersedeas
to be signed by one or more sureties, who shall
make oath before the said justice of the peace
that they are worth each double the amount of
debt, interest and costs, over and above all debts
and exemptions, and the said justice shall judge

Form of
supersedeas.

of the sufficiency of said supersedeas to secure
the amount of debt, interest and costs, and shall
require the same to be sufficient to secure the
debts, interest and costs; and when the superse-
deas shall be filed with the justice of the peace,
and he shall be satisfied of its sufficiency as a
security for the debt so confessed, the said jus-
tice shall issue an order to the landlord, bailiff
or agent to release the property in his possession,
and all further proceedings in the distraint shall
be null and void.

Must be suffi-
cient.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That nothing in
this act shall be construed as affecting the val-
idity of existing contracts.

Not be con-
strued.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage

Approved April 5, 1888.

Effective.