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MAY SESS..
1813.
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thereon; " 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, un-
der 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
ease may be, ) to forbear serving the execution on the
body, goods or chattels, lands or tenements, of the
person so obtaining such certificate; and that if any
person now in execution, or who hereafter shall be
taken in execution, or whose goods or chattels, lands
or tenements are now, or hereafter shall be taken in
execution before the end of the next session of the ge-
neral assembly, snail obtain a certificate in manner
aforesaid, such certificate, so obtained arid delivered
to the sheriff, coroner or constable, (as the case may
be, ) shall be a sufficient authority to the sheriff, coro-
ner or constable, (as the case may be; ) to release such
person or persons from confinement upon that execu-
tion, 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 is-
sued, such person or persons giving to the sheriff, cor-
oner or constable, (as the case may be, ) sufficient se-
curity for the poundage or other fees due 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 neglect after the expi-
ration 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 obtain-
ed, there to be recorded; tor which recording such
clerk or register shall receive as a fee, eight cents; and
in case the said confession was on the judgment of a
justice of the peace, then such confession of judgment
shall be returned to the clerk of the county where the
said justice may reside, to be by him recorded, and for
the recording of which he shall he entitled to receive
eight cents; which said penalty may be recovered by
any person who shall sue for the same, by action of
debt or bill of indictment, in the county court of the
county where the judge or justices shall reside.
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