E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1852.

CHAPTER 31.

CHAP. 31.

AN ACT for the Completion of the Unfinished Busi-
ness of the late County Courts of the several Coun-
ties of this State.

Passed Feb.
20, 1852.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the Circuit Judges of the several
judicial circuits be, and they are hereby authorised to
take cognizance of, and exercise jurisdiction over all
and every the causes remaining undetermined on the
dockets of the County Courts of the counties compris-
ing the said circuits respectively, silling as Courts of
Equity, a the time of the qualification of the said
circuit judges respectively, and each of the said judges
within his circuit, shall puss and enforce all orders which
may he necessary to bring any of the said causes to a
final hearing, and shall hear, try and determine accord-
ing to law, the said causes, in as full and ample a man-
ner, as if the same had been originated before the said
judges respectively, since their respective qualifica-

To exercise

jurisdiction
over cases re-
maining unde-
termined.

tion; Provided, however, that nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed so as to confer jurisdic-
tion on the judge of the sixth circuit over any cause
or causes on the dockets of Baltimore County Court,
sitting as a Court of Equity, in which the land in con-
troversy, or any part thereof, is situate within the city

of Baltimore, or in which the defendant or any one

of the defendants resides in said city.

Proviso.

SEC. 2. And be if enacted, That all writs of sub-
poena, injunction, and all other writs, and all commis-
sions and other proceedings, which may have been
heretofore issued, and made returnable to any of the said
County Courts as Courts of Equity, in case the same
may have been served or executed, may be returned ;
or in case the same may not have been served or exe-
cuted, may be served, proceeded with, executed, and
returned to the circuit judge of the proper circuit, in
the same manner as if the same had been made re-
turnable before the said circuit judge.

Writs return-
able.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That each of the said
circuit judges, within his respective circuit, may review,
re-hear, revise, or enforce any decree or order passed
heretofore by the County Court of any county within
his circuit, sitting as a Court of Equity, or by any
judge thereof in the same manner, and as fully as the
County Court, or judge thereof, which passed such
order or decree, might have done.

May review,
re-hear, &c.
any decree or
order hereto-
fore passed.