1845.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 123.

Power and au-
thority.

SEC. 5. AND WHEREAS, there is reason to believe that
a portion of the above mentioned subscriptions was made
with a view to the accommodation of the Mercantile Li-
brary Association of Baltimore, in the building to be
erected as aforesaid; therefore, be it enacted, That said
Library Company of Baltimore and the Maryland His-
torical Society, shall have full power and authority to
make such arrangement as may be practicable for the
permanent accommodation, in said building, of the said
Mercantile Library Association of Baltimore.

Exempt from
taxation.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That said lot and buildings,
So long as they shall be occupied by said institution or
either of them, and be devoted to the purposes set forth
in the preamble to this act, shall be exempt and are here-
by exempted from taxation and public assessment.

CHAPTER 123.

Passed Feb.
20, 1846.

A further supplement to the act of eighteen hundred and
thirteen, chapter two hundred and one, relating to
Sheriffs, and for other purposes.

Repealed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the day of the passage of
this act, that so much of the act of eighteen hundred and
forty-two, chapter two hundred and seventy-two, as au-
thorise the sueing out of a duplicate execution in the
cases therein mentioned, be and the same is hereby re-

Writ of vendi-
tioni exponas.

pealed, and instead of such duplicate writ, the party
plaintiff shall be entitled to a writ of venditioni exponas,
directed to the sheriff or other proper officer for the time
being, if it shall appear that the process in the hand of
the sheriff, coroner or elisor, was partly executed
at the time of his death, and the officer to whom such
writ of venditioni exponas may be directed, shall proceed
and return the same as provided by the act of eighteen
hundred and thirteen, chapter two hundred and one, and
if it shall appear that the process returned by the execu-
tor or administration of the deceased sheriff or other offi-
cer was wholly unexecuted at the time of his death, the
plaintiff shall be entitled to an alias writ of execution in-
stead of duplicate, as provided by the act of eighteen
hundred and forty-two, chapter two hundred and seven-
ty-two.