LAWS OF MARYLAND

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three, entitled, "An act to alter the time of the meeting of the Ge-
neral Assembly of this state, and for other purposes," shall be, and
the same is hereby confirmed.

Dec. Ses. 1824

CHAPTER 74.
A further supplement to an act entitled, "An Act directing the manner of
suing out attachments in this province, and limiting the extent of them."
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from henceforth, it shall and may be lawful for the clerks of
the several county courts; and they are hereby authorized and re-
quired, on the application of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, in any judg-
ments respectively, to issue an attachment as is authorized by the
seventh section of the act, to which this is a further supplement,
against the goods, chattels and credits of the defendant or defend-
ants in said judgments, in the said plaintiff's own hands, or in the
hands of any other person or persons whatever, corporate or sole,
whether residing in the county in which such judgment was or shall
be obtained or in any other county; which attachment shall be di-
rected to, and served by the sheriff or coroner, as the case may be,
of the county in which such plaintiff or other person may reside, in
whose hands the said goods, chattels and credits may be, and be
by him returned to the court of the county of which he is sheriff or
coroner; and if the said attachment shall be made returnable to any
other county than that in which the said judgment shall have been
rendered, it shall be sufficient for the plaintiff, to entitle, him to the
benefit of such attachment, to produce before the court, to which
the same shall be returnable, a short copy of the judgment by him
obtained, attested by the clerk of the court, before which the same

Passed Jan.

20, 1825.

Attachments
to issue—
proceedings.

is had; Provided, that no attachment shall be issued to any other
county, unless upon a previous return of nulla bona, by the sher-
iff or coroner, on a fieri facias, issued in the county where such
judgment hath been, or hereafter may be obtained.

Proviso.

2. And be it enacted, That in all cases of attachments whate-
ver, which shall hereafter issue in virtue of the act to which this
is a supplement; or in virtue of any other act of assembly, it shall
and may be lawful for the garnishee or garnishees, to come into
court in person, or by attorney, on the return day of such attach-
ment, or within four days thereafter and confess the amount of
goods, chattels or credits in his, her or their hands; and if the
plaintiff or plaintiffs will not take judgment of condemnation for
the amount so acknowledged; but shall claim a larger sum;
then the said garnishee or garnishees shall be allowed the casts
of suit, unless on a final decision, the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall re-
cover a larger amount than the garnishee or garnishees shall have
acknowledged as aforesaid.

Case of con-
fessing judg-
ment.

CHAPTER 75.
An act for the relief of John Ritchie of Prince Georges county.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
levy court of Prince Georges county, be, and they are hereby au-
thorized and required to levy and assess, annually, so long as they
may think proper, on the assessable property of said county, a
sum of money not exceeding thirty dollars for the support and

Passed Jan.
17, 1825.
Levy $20 for
support of.