WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1818.

now provided by law, in case of the resignation, re-
moval from office, or death of a justice of the peace:
and it shall further lie the duty of the said clerk, upon
the application of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, his, her or
their agent, or attorney, to issue execution upon all
judgments where the sum for which the same is render-

CHAP. 223.

ed, exceeds fifty dollars, directed to the sheriff of said
county, and returnable to the next succeeding term of
Cecil county court, in like manner and by like process,
as if the said judgment has been originally recovered
in said county court.

Cases over $50.

Sec. 4. And be it evaded, That in all cases where
writs of capias ad respondendum, attachments, capias
ad satisfaciendum, or fieri facias, issued by either of
the said district courts, for the recovery of a sum ex-
ceeding fifty dollars may be in the hands of the sheriff,
or any constable of said county, and not returned, it
shall be the duty of the said sheriff, or constable, as
the case may be, to return the same to the next suc-
ceeding term of Cecil county court; and the clerk of
said court, shall docket the same and such proceed-
ings shall be had thereon, as if the said process had
originally issued from said county court.

CHAPTER 223.

Return of process
directed.

An act for the relief of Robert Oldson, of queen Anne's
County.

Passed Mar. 26,
1839.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Robert Oldson, of Queen Anne's County, be and
he is hereby fully released and discharged from a judg-
ment which the State of Maryland, obtained against
him, the said Robert Oldson, at the May term, in the
year Eighteen hundred and sixteen, of Queen Anne's
county court, for the sum of seven hundred and nine-
teen dollars and eighty one cents, with interest there-
on, from the first day of November in the year eigh-
teen hundred and twelve, until paid and costs of suit.
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