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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the capital actually paid into the several banking
corporations in this State, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.

Issue of notes.

SEC 2. And be it enacted. That the issues of notes
which it shall be lawful for the several banking corpo-
rations of this State to issue, shall not at any time ex-
ceed double the amount of the capital stock actually
paid in.

Provision to
what bank
to apply.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of
this act shall not apply to any bank in this State having
a capital paid in larger than two hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars.

CHAPTER 153.

Passed
Mar. 10, 1854.

AN ACT relating to attachments against non-residents
of this State, and against persons absconding.

Rights.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That every poison and every body cor-
porate, that has the right to become a plaintiff in any
action or proceeding, before any judicial tribunal in
this State, shall have the right to become a plaintiff in
an attachment against a non resident of this State, or
against a person absconding.

Defendants.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That every person who
doth not reside in this State, and every person who
absconds may be made a defendant in an attachment.

Absconding
debtors.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That every person who
shall actually runaway, abscond or fly from justice, or
secretly remove him or herself from his or her place of
abode, with intent to evade the payment of his or her
just debts, or to injure or defraud his or her creditor
or creditors, shall be considered as having absconded;
and an averment in the oath of the plaintiff against a
person as having absconded, shall without other words,
be a sufficient averment of any such conduct.

Defendants to
appear.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That no attachment
shall be dissolved unless every defendant appears to
the action, and unless, also a bond be given, by or on
behalf of the defendant or defendants, in a sum of mo-
ney equal to the value of the property attached, with