SAMUEL SPRIGG, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

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justice to certify the same under his hand and seal on the return to
be made by the commissioners as aforesaid.

Dec. Ses. 1821.

CHAPTER 249.

An act relating to Justices of the Peace in the City of Baltimore.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, the governor and council
shall be and they are hereby authorised and directed, to appoint
and commission thirty six justices of the peace in and for the city
of Baltimore, to be styled in their commission, Justices of the peace
in and for the city of Baltimore.

Passed Feb. 19,

1822.
36 justices to
be appointed.

2. And be it enacted, That the justices so appointed shall be
governed by (except as is herein otherwise provided) all the laws
of this state relating to other justices of the peace of this state.

Government.

3. And be it exacted, That no justice of the peace appoint-
ed by virtue of this act, shall issue a warrant for debt, except on the
application of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in person, or of his, her or
their agent or attorney thereunto authorised, other than a constable.

Warrants.

4. And be it enacted, That no justice of the peace appointed
by virtue of this act, shall issue any execution, on any judgment
rendered by any such justice, except on the application of the plain-
tiff or plaintiffs in person, or of his, her or their agent or attorney
thereunto authorised, other than a constable.

Plaintiff to or-
der executions.

5. And be it enacted, That no person residing in Baltimore
county without the limits of the city, shall be liable to be arrested
for debt on a warrant or other process from a justice of the peace with-
in the city of Baltimore, except in cases of debts contracted within
said city. And that no person residing within the limits of the
city shall be liable to be arrested for debt on warrant or other pro-
cess from a justice of the peace of Baltimore county, except in
cases of debts contracted within said county.

Citizens of
county &. city
respectively
not to be arrest-
ed.

6. And be it enacted, That no justice of the peace except
those who are appointed by virtue of this act, shall in any way ex-
ercise the functions of his office within the limits of the city afore-
said, except in the preservation of the peace, and in matters of a
criminal nature; and that no justice of the peace appointed by vir-
tue of this act shall in any way exercise the functions of his office out
of the limits of the said city, except in the preservation of the

Authority li-
mited.

peace and in matters of a criminal nature; Provided, That all ac-
knowledgments of deeds or other instruments of writing taken
before the justices of the peace appointed by virtue of this act, shall
have the same effect and validity as they now have when taken be-
fore the justices of the peace of Baltimore county; and provided also,
That such acknowledgments when hereafter taken before the jus-
tices of the peace of Baltimore county, shall have the same effect
and validity as heretofore.

Proviso.

7. And be it enacted, That all laws repugnant to or incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.

Repeal.

CHAPTER 250.

A further supplement to the act entitled, An act relating to Insolvent
Debtors in the City and County of Baltimore.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted By the General Assembly of Maryland, That

Passed Feb. 23,
1822.
Petitioners not
appearing.