1832.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 281.

which this is a supplement, or any of the supplements
thereto.

Attachments &c

not to be set aside

for want of form

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That no attachments sued out
for any debt due to any minor, feme covert, or lunatic, on
the oath or affirmation of the guardian, husband, or commit-
tee of such minor, feme covert, or lunatic shall be quashed,
or set aside, for any defect, in matter of form.

Case of attachment

against corpora-

tion, &c

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That when by virtue of this
act, and the act to which this is a supplement or the supple-
ments thereto, any attachment shall issue against the lands,
tenements, goods, chattels, or credits, of any corporate body,
the said corporate body, may in cases where a natural person

Right to enter spe-

cial bail to dissolve

such

if defendant might by entering special bail to the action dis-
solve such attachment, dissolve the same by entering into
bond with security, as the court shall direct and approve for
paying and satisfying the judgment that may be rendered
against said corporate body in the said cause; and said

Or appear and con-

test

corporate body may appear in the said case of attachment
and by pleading and otherwise contest the claim of the
plaintiff or plaintiffs, although no dissolution as aforesaid,
shall have taken place; the said attachment however re-
maining and continuing notwithstanding in full force and

Judgment.

effect, and upon the issues or pleading on part of the cor-
porate body, judgment on the cause of action, may be re-
covered against said corporate body, as well as judgment
of condemnation in the attachment.

CHAPTER 281.

Passed Mar.22, 1833

An act to divorce Bethiah Sands, of the City of Baltimore,
from her husband, John Sands.

Divorce granted

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That the said Bethiah Sands, be, and she is hereby
divorced from bed, board, and mutual cohabitation, with
her husband, John Sands.

Rights and claims

annulled.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said John Sands shall
not be liable for any debt, to be hereafter contracted by the
said Bethiah Sands, nor be entitled to any property which
she now has or may hereafter acquire; and the said Bethiah
Sands, shall, to every effect, intent, and purpose, be capa-
ble, in law and equity, to take, and to hold, and dispose of
any property, and make and be bound, by any contracts or
engagements, as if she were a feme sole, and had never been