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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1823

Passed Feb.
5, 1824.
Preamble.

; CHAPTER 94.

An act for the benefit of Uriah Blackburn, of Cecil County.
Whereas, it appears probable from the petition of Uriah Black-
burn, of Cecil county, that a verdict was rendered against him in Ce-
cil County Court, on allegations filed against him by one John Black-
burn, because of his not being able to procure the attendance of the
witness by whose testimony he could have established his defence,
and the court having no authority to grant a new trial;—Therefore,

New trial.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the judges of Cecil County Court, be, and they are hereby authorised
at the next term of said court to grant a new trial in the case of the al-
legations filed in said court against said Uriah Blackburn, by Jehu
Blackburn.

Further
proceedings.

2. And be it enacted, That any one of the judges of said county
court, or any judge of the orphans' court, be, and he is hereby autho-
rised to order a discharge of said Uriah Blackburn, from the impri-
sonment he suffers by reason of the verdict against him on the allega-
tions mentioned in the preceding section, provided he gives bond in
double the amount of the debts appearing due by his schedule, with
good and sufficient security to be approved of by such judge, to make
his personal appearance before Cecil county court, at the term of said
court next after the date of such bond, to answer any allegations
which may be filed against him by any of his creditors, and to abide
any order or judgment of said court in relation to such allegations,
such bond to be filed among the papers relating to the application of
said Uriah Blackburn, for the benefit of the insolvent laws, now pen-
ding in said County Court, and a copy of such bond under the seal
of said County Court, shall be as good and competent evidence in
any Court in this state as the original would if produced and proved.

Passed Feb.
5, 1824.
Partial di-
vorce.

CHAPTER 95.
An act for the relief of Mary Meginnis.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Casparus Meginnis, of Kent County, shall from the passage of this act
be, and he is hereby altogether deprived of all and every interest, au-
thority, power and control, in, over, and to the person of Mary Me-
ginnis. his wife, as fully as if she had never been married.

Legal ca-
pacity.

2. And be it enacted, That the said Mary Meginnis shall be, and
she is hereby declared capable to have, hold, take, receive, sue for,
and recover, by compromise, suit or suits in law or equity, property
of any kind whatever, real, personal or mixed, in as full and ample a
manner as if she was a feme sole, and to use and enjoy, or dispose of
the same at her will and pleasure, and may in her own name sue and
be sued, as if she was a feme sole.

Payments
stipulated.

3. And be it enacted, That the said Casparus Meginnis, shall annu-
ally hereafter pay to John Crane, of Queen Ann's County, who is
hereby made the trustee in that behalf, to and for the use and benefit
of the said Mary Meginnis, the sum of three hundred dollars in two
equal instalments, the first on the first day of March, and the second
on the first day of September, in each and every year during the joint
lives of said Casparus Meginnis and Mary Meginnis, and the said
trustee shall be authorised to institute suit in his own name for any
instalment which shall not be paid on the day on which the same is
hereby declared to be due, and it shall be the duty of the court before