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CHAP. 162.
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eighteen hundred and twenty, and before the first day of May eigh-
teen hundred and twenty one, then the same shall be made in man-
ner and form following: "You, A. B. C D. and E. F. do jointly
and severally confess judgment to G. H. for the sum of and
costs, which were recovered by the said G. H. against the said A.
B. on the ——— day of —— in the year of our Lord one thousand
— in the------(or as the case may be, before — —— esquire,
one of the justices of the peace in and for — county,) the said
sum of money, and costs, to be levied of your bodies, goods or
chattels, lands or tenements, for the use of the said G. H. in case
the said A. B. shall not pay and satisfy to the said G. H. the said
sum of money, and costs, so as aforesaid recovered, with additional
costs thereon, at the respective times hereinafter mentioned, to wit:
One half part thereof, with the interest on the whole sum then due,
and all the costs, on or before the first day of May eighteen hundred
and twenty-one, and the residue thereof, with interest thereon, and
the additional cost, on or before the thirtieth day of November in
the year eighteen hundred and twenty-one;" which confession shall
be signed by the judge or justices before whom the same shall be
made, and he or they, as the case may be, shall immediately on
taking the same, grant a certificate thereof, under his or their hand
and seal, to the party confessing the judgment, and such certificate
shall be sufficient authority to the sheriff, coroner or constable, as
the case may be, to forbear serving the execution on the body, goods
or chattels, lands or tenements, of the person so obtaining such cer-
tificate; and if any person now in execution, or who hereafter shall
be taken in execution, or whose goods or chattels, lands or tene-
ments, are now or shall hereafter be taken in execution, on or be-
fore the first day of May eighteen hundred and twenty-one, shall
confess judgment as herein before provided, and shall obtain a cer-
tificate in manner aforesaid, such certificate, so obtained, and deli-
vered to the sheriff, or coroner, or constable, as the case may be,
shall be a sufficient authority to the sheriff, coroner or constable, as
the case may be, to release such person or persons from confine-
ment upon that execution, or restore and deliver the goods or
chattels, lands or tenements, so taken in execution, to the person
or persons against whom such execution may have issued, such per-
son or persons giving to the sheriff, coroner or constable, as the
case may be, sufficient security for the poundage, or other fees, duo
upon any such execution; and provided, the goods or chattels, lands
or tenements, so taken in execution, were not sold before the said
certificate was delivered to the sheriff, coroner or constable, as the
case may be; and the judge or justices before whom the judgment
shall be confessed as aforesaid, shall within thirty days thereafter,
under the penalty of ten dollars for every neglect, and a further
sum of three dollars for every day that he shall continue such ne-
glect, after the expiration of the said thirty days, return the same
to the clerk or register, as the case may be, of the respective courts,
where the said judgment or decree was obtained, there to be record-
ed, for which recording such clerk or register shall receive as a
fee twelve and a half cents; and in case the said confession was on
the judgment of a justice of the peace, then such confession of judg-
ment shall be returned to the clerk of the county where the said jus-
tices may reside, to be by him recorded, and for the recording of
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