THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

hereby repealed, and the said original act and its supple-
ments are hereby continued in force until repealed by the
General Assembly.

CHAPTER 62.

CHAP. 63.

A supplement to an act entitled, an act relating to the trial
of facts in the several Counties of this State, passed at
December session eighteen hundred and thirty-eight,
chapter two hundred and forty-five.

Passed Feb.
17, 1847.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That it shall be the right of any plaintiff or plain-
tiffs, defendant or defendants in any suit or action now
pending, or hereafter to be commenced in any county court
of this State, by filing an affidavit in writing in said court
as is now required by law, for the removal of causes that
he, she or they cannot have justice done him, her or
them, in said county; and also in addition thereto that he,
she or they had come to that belief or had been convinc-
ed of that fact, since the issue or issues in said cause,
suit or action have been made up, to have said suit or
action removed notwithstanding the issue or issues in said
suit or action had been made up; and it shall be the
duty of said county courts thereupon to direct the remov-
al of said suit to such county, within their judicial dis-
trict as said court shall think will best tend to justice,

Cause may be
removed, &c.

between the parties; provided, that the party or parties
making such affidavit, shall pay ail costs of the term at
which such affidavit shall have been filed, as in cases of
continuance now allowed by law.

CHAPTER 63.

Proviso.

An act to authorise the Court of Appeals for the Western
Shore, to hear and determine at the present December
term of said court, certain causes therein mentioned.

Passed Feb.
13, 1847.

WHEREAS, there are now pending in the Court of Ap-
peals of this State, suits between the following parties,
viz: John B. Morris, versus the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore, William K. Gordon, executor of Samuel

Preamble.