THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1845.

posed of, or may not he practicable to identify the pro-
perty contained in any such venditioni exponas, it may
be lawful for any other constable, who may have the ven-
ditioni exponas renewed or issued to him, to return it to
a justice of the peace, stating the facts of the perishing
or disposition of the property, or of the impracticability
of identifying it, and obtain a fieri facias or capias ad

CHAP. 380.

satifaciendum against the defendant; provided, the same
shall not relieve the estate or bond of the fust constable
from any liability incurred on the issues first made, to the
constable so as aforesaid deceased.

Proviso.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in case of the death
of any justice of the peace, that may have taken place or
that may hereafter take place, it shall and may be lawful
for any other justice of the peace in the same county, to
issue writs of fieri facias, capias ad satisfaciendum and
venditioni exponas, in the same manner as the deceased

justice of the peace might have done if living.

Any other jus-
tice may act.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all issues of fieri facias,
capias ad satisfaciendum and venditioni exponas, hereto-
fore issued by justices of the peace, on cases returned
to a justice of the peace in the same county, who may
have died, shall he considered as valid as if they had
been issued by the justice of the peace who may have
died, and whose especial duty it was to have issued the
same.

CHAPTER 380.

Valid.

A supplement to an act passed at December session, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-four, chapter two hundred and
thirty-two, entitled, an act to establish a Primary School
in Election District, Number Two, called School Dis-
trict Number One.

Passed March
10, 1826.

WHEREAS, inconsequence of the present location of
the school house on one side of school district number
one of the middle election district of Caroline county,
the school district, is necessarily so small as to render the
taxes for the support of the school much higher than in
any other school district in the county, therefore in order
that the said district may be properly enlarged and the
school, house placed in a more central position.

Preamble.