1839.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 78.
To deliver pa-
pers, &c. to the
clerk A. A. co.
and H. District.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That where suits have been
instituted in the district courts for the first, second, third,
fourth and seventh election districts of said county, to re-
cover a sum exceeding fifty dollars, if no judgment has
been rendered thereon, it shall be the duty of the chief
judges of said courts to deliver the papers and proceed-
ings relative thereto, to the clerk of Anne Arundel county
court, to be proceeded in as if the said suits had been
originally instituted in said county court; and it shall in
like manner be the duty of the chief judges of the fifth
and sixth election district courts, to return all such papers
and proceedings to the clerk of the court of Howard dis-
trict of Anne Arundel county, to be proceeded in as if the
said suits had been originally instituted therein.

Dockets to be

returned.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the chief judges of the courts of the first, second, third,
fourth and seventh election districts of said county, and
they are hereby required, forthwith to return to the clerk
of said county, the dockets kept by said courts; and it

True copy to be
made out.

shall be the duty of the said clerk upon the application of
the plaintiff or plaintiffs, his, her or their agent or attorney,
to make out a true copy of any judgment where the sum
for which the same is rendered does not exceed fifty dol-
lars, upon which copy any justice of that part of the said
county may issue execution as is now provided by law, in
case of the resignation, removal from office or death of

Execution to

issue, &c.

a justice of the peace; and it shall be the further duty of
the said clerk, upon the application of the plaintiff or
plaintiffs, his, her or their agent or attorney, to issue exe-
cution upon all judgments where the sum for which the
same is rendered, exceeds fifty dollars, directed to the
sheriff of said county, and returnable to the next succeed-
ing term of Anne Arundel county court, and in like man-
ner and by like process as if the judgment had been ori-
ginally recovered in said county court.

Judges of 5th

and 6th district

to return docket.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the chief judges of the fifth and sixth election districts,
and they are hereby required, forthwith to return to the
clerk of Howard district of Anne Arundel county the
dockets kept by said courts; and it shall be the duty of
said clerk to pursue, with respect to cases on the said
dockets, the directions prescribed by the preceding section
to the clerk of Anne Arundel county court, as to the doc-
kets directed to be returned by said court.

Writs to be re-
turned, &c.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in all cases where
writs of capias ad satisfaciendum, fieri facias, attachment