JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

1834

Sec 9 And be it enacted That all motions for new trials
and in arrest of judgment, shall be determined by said
Court within thirty days after verdict rendered, and in all
cases in which such motions shall be made and overruled,

CHAP. 233

Motion for new

trial &c. to be
determined in
thirty days

the judgment rendered shall operate as a lien in favor of the
party obtaining the verdict from the date of such verdict,
in like manner and with like effect, as if judgment had
been rendered upon the said verdict at the date thereof

Judgment lien from
date of verdict

Sec 10 And be it enacted, That the motions and points
reserved, now depending in Bank in Baltimore County
Court, shall be proceeded with and decided by the judges
of said Court has if this act had not been passed, and the
causes, in which such motions or points were made, rf new
trials are awarded, shall be put on the trial docket, and be
proceeded with as in other cases

Cases now pending

Sec 11 And be it enacted, That from and after the pas-
sage of this act, in all cases of trials at common law in said
Court, the parties, or either of them who may except to
the opinion of the said Court, in the course of said trials,
shall be, and are hereby authorised, to require the said
Court to sign and seal such exceptions, before the verdict
is rendered, in like manner as before the act of eighteen
hundred and twenty eight, chapter one hundred and sixty
one, and as is now practised in the other judicial drstricts
of this State

Exception shall

be signed and

se led

Sec. 12 And be it enacted, That Baltimore County Court
shall be, and rs hereby authorrsed, to appoint as many re
turn days, during each term of their respective Courts, not
exceeding one in each week, for the return of writs, and
other process, original, mesne and final as they may deem
necessary or proper, to expedite the business of the Court,
and prevent the delay of justice, and all wrrts and other
process, made returnable on any return day, thus appointed,
shall be as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes,
as if made returnable on the first day of the regular term of
the Court, and the action in which any such writ shall be
issued, shall be docketed as of the term during which such
writ shall be made returnable and where such writ or other

Authorised to ap

point return
days &c

process shall be returned, the same shall be proceeded on
as if such return had been made at the commencement of
the term, and every renewal of any writ or process, and re
turn thereof, during any term, shall have the same legal
effect as if returned to the commencement of a regular term
of the Court
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