1844.

THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 264.

Before execu-
tion, give thir-
ty days notice.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Francis
Stevens, before he proceeds to execute the body or pro-
perty of any person or persons, for fees, forfeitures,
amercements, officer's fees, or public dues, shall deliver of
cause to be delivered to such person or persons chargea-
ble with the same, or left at their place of residence, at
least thirty days previous to serving or levying such exe-
cution, on account of the sum demanded of him, her or
them, which shall contain the specific items charged,
with an affidavit annexed thereto, that he hath not nor
hath any other person for him, received any part thereof
or satisfaction for the same, to the best of his knowledge
and belief.

Make affida-
vit.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any person against
whom there is a claim presented by said Stevens, shall
make affidavit before any justice of the peace for said coun-
ty, that he or she believes the same to be unjust, or that the
sum had been paid at any previous time, it shall forever
bar such claim or claims; and provided, nothing herein
contained, shall be construed so as to effect the estate of
deceased persons.

Copy to be set
up in clerk's
office.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said Francis
Stevens, shall before he proceeds to act under this act,
cause a copy thereof to be set up in the clerks office of
Calvert county, for the more general information of the
people in said county.

CHAPTER 264.

Passed March
7, 1845.

An act to allow Joseph Pearson, late Collector of Caroline
County, further time to complete his collections.

Time extend-
ed.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the time limited by law within which Joseph Pear-
son, late collector of Caroline county, should have made
his collections, be and the same is hereby extended to the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-seven.