1845.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 197.

Proviso.

cessary and proper so to do for the protection of the in-
tcrests of the State; provided, the sum bid by the At-
torney General or his said deputy, shall in no case ex-
ceed the amount of the State's demand, and the costs
and necessary expenses of such sale.

Attorney Ge-
neral to order
attachment.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever the State
shall have a judgment or decree against a debtor or his
sureties, and money may be ordered to be levied by the
commissioners or levy court or any county, for the ben-
efit of any such debtor, or any one of his sureties, it shall
be lawful for the Attorney General or his deputy to or-
der an attachment to be issued by the clerk or register
of the court where such judgment or decree was render-
ed or passed, against the goods and chattels, rights and
credits, lands and tenements of such debtor and his sure-
ties, which may be laid in the hands of the commission-
ers, or levy court, or their clerk, or any collector of said
county, or any or all of them, in the discretion of the
Attorney General, or his deputy, which attachment, shall
contain a clause of scicri facias, commanding the sheriff,
coroner or other proper officer, to make known to the
said commissioners or levy court, or clerk, or collector,
as the case may be, in whose hands the said attachment
may be laid, to appear in the court from which the at-
tachment shall have issued, on the day of the return them
of, and show cause why the goods and chattels, rights

Goods, &c.
condemned.

and credits, lands and tenements so attached, shall not
be condemned, mid execution thereof had, on which said
day, if neither the defendant or defendants, or garnishee
or garnishees, in whose hands the same may be laid,
shall appear and show cause to the contrary, the said
court before whom the said attachment may have been
returned, may condemn the said goods and chattels,
rights and credits, lands and tenements so attached, and
award execution accordingly.

CHAPTER 197.

Passed Mar.
3, 1846.

A further supplement to the act entitled, an, act for the
encouragement of Primary Schools in Prince George's
County, passed at December session, eighteen hundred
and thirty-eight, chapter sixty-one.

Appeal from
decision of
trustees.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and