1837.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 297.

George W. Brumwell, Daniel Roberson, Otho Shipley
am! John B. Snowden, against the goods and chattels,
lands and tenements of John Weir, to wit: two houses
and lots as the property of the said John Weir, and
that after legal notice, he had sold, as per return, in
the words following, to wit: laid as per schedule: sold
to Thomas Carr, on the twenty-fifth day of March,
eighteen hundred and thirty-four, for one hundred and
eighty dollars; Henry Carter, constable; and whereas,
it is further represented by the said petition, that be-
fore the said sale was ratified, the said Thomas Carr,
who was considered the purchaser, died, and in as
much as the property had not come into his possession,
the heirs of the said Thomas Carr could not he com-
pelled to pay the claims due to the said petitioners: —
Therefore,

Justice of the
Peace autho-
rised.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it shall be lawful for Joseph Steel, esquire, or
any other justice of the peace in and for Carroll coun-
ty, on copies of the said writs of fieri facias, and the
return aforesaid, duly certified by the clerk of Balti-

Execute and re-
sell.

more county court, and under seal, to cause the same
to be directed to the sheriff or to any constable of Car-
roll county, who thereupon shall have power to exe-
cute the said writs and re-sell the property, in the

Pay over pro-
ceeds.

same manner as be could execute and sell in the case
of an original writ of fieri facias; and when sold, it
shall be the duty of said sheriff, or the said constable,
as the case may be, under his official obligation, to
deliver the money arising from such sale into the court

Distribution.

of Carroll county, to be distributed by the judges of
the said court to the persons entitled thereto, as in
their judgment shall seem meet and proper.