1847.

LAWS Of MARYLAND.

CHAP. 226.

Justices not to
renew within
one year after
first return.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases where a
to writ of venditioni exponas shall be returned by any con-
stable to any justice of the peace, and the property or
any part thereof mentioned in such writ shall remain
unsold and the debt not fully satisfied, it shall be the
duty of the justice of the peace to whom such return
shall be made to enter the same with the date thereof
on their docket, and thereupon to deliver the said writ of
venditioni exponas to the constable, who shall take such
proceedings in all respects under the said writ so de-
livered to him for the period of one year from the date
of the said return as might or could he had in virtue
of renewals, from time to time, of such writ of vendi-
tioni exponas, and that within the said period of one year
from the return as aforesaid of any writ of venditioni
exponas, it shall not be lawful for any justice of the
peace to issue any second writ of venditioni exponas of
any renewals thereof, and that under the said original
writ of venditioni exponas, the constable shall remain
under the same legal obligation to sell the property men-
tioned therein and to make the plaintiff's claim, and his
official bond shall be liable to the plaintiff in any such
execution for a non-performance of duty in the same
manner as it now is under existing laws where such

Proviso.

writ may be renewed every forty days; provided, that
nothing in this act shall be so construed as to effect the
provisions of the act of Assembly, passed at December
session eighteen hundred and forty-five, chapter three
hundred and seventy-nine, entitled, an act relating to
constables, and the estates and lees due to deceased
constables, and for other purposes.

Inconsistent
acts repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to Kent county,
and that this act shall go into operation from and after
its passage.

CHAPTER 226.

Passed
March 8, 1848.

Incorporated,

An act to incorporate the Cambridge Steam Milling and
Manufacturing Company of Dorchester County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the persons who shall as hereinafter men-
tioned heroine subscribers to the capital stock hereby