1841.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 59.

CHAPTER 58.

Passed Feb
3, 1842.

An act to divorce William Edwards, of Kent County, from
his wife Mary E. Edwards.

Divorced

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That William Edwards be, and he is hereby divorced from
his wife Mary E. Edwards, a vinculo matrimonii.

CHAPTER 59.

Passed Feb
3, 1842

An act to repeal an act, to establish Magistrates Courts in
the several Counties of this State, and to prescribe their
jurisdiction, passed at December session, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-five, chapter two hundred and one, to-
gether with all the supplements thereto, so far as the same
relate to Kent County, and to extend the jurisdiction of
single Justices of the Peace for said County, and for
other purposes.

Repealed.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That the act entitled, an act to establish magistrates
courts in the several counties of this State, and to prescribe
their jurisdiction, passed at December session eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-five, chapter two hundred and one, together
with all the supplements thereto, be, and the same are here-
by repealed, so far as the same relate to Kent county.

Chief justices
to deliver
papers, &c.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That in all cases whore suits have
been instituted in said courts, if no judgement has been ren-
dered thereon, it shall be the duty of the respective chief
judges of said courts, to deliver to some justice of the peace
of the district or county, all the papers and proceedings
relative thereto; and in case any writ of capias ad respon-

Writs in offi-
cers' hands to
be returned to
a justice of
the peace

dendum, scire facias, capias ad satisfaciendum or fieri facias,
issued by either of the said courts, shall be in the hands of
the sheriff, or any constable of said county, and not return-
ed, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or constable, as the
case may be, to return the same before some justice of the
peace of the district or county, who shall take such pro-
ceedings thereon, as if the same had been originally issued:
by a single justice of the peace.

Chief justices
to return to
county clerk
docket

Sec 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the respective chief judges of said courts, and they are here-
by required, forthwith to return to the clerk of said county,
the dockets kept by the said courts; and it shall be the duty
of the said clerk, upon the application of the plaintiff or