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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1839.

Negroes
visiting
Liberia,
Trinidad or
Guiana
exempt.

Repeal

SEC. 7. Provided, this act shall not be construed to interfere
with the provisions of the several acts of assembly in favour of
free people of colour visiting Liberia, Trinidad, British Guiana
or other colonies.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.

A further SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act directing the manner
of suing out Attachments in this Province, and limiting the extent of
them.— 1839, cb. 324.

Property
attached
may be sold
by order of
court.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be
lawful for any of the courts of this state, or any judge thereof,
in any vacation of said courts, out of which attachments shall
issue in conformity with the provisions of the act to which
this is a supplement, and its several supplements, to order a
sale of any personal property which may be levied on by
virtue of such attachments (whenever they may deem such
sale expedient) upon such terms and notice of sale as their
order may prescribe, as well previously to, as after the re-
turn of the attachments, and the proceeds of such sale, after
payment of the expenses incident thereto, shall be paid into
court, and be deposited to the credit of the suit in which the
order shall have been passed.

Bond to be
given before
attachment
is dissolved

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no attachment shall be dis-
solved in cases where the plaintiff or any one of the plaintiils
is a citizen of this state, and where the defendant or any one
of the defendants was a citizen of this state at the time the
contract was made, or the debt or damages accrued, upon
which such attachment may issue, unless the defendant or
defendants, or some one of them, or some person on his or her
behalf, give bond in a penalty, with surety to be approved by
the court from which the attachment issued, or one of the
judges thereof, during the recess, with condition that the de-
fendant shall pay to the plaintiff the value of such goods, chat-
tels or credits, as may have been levied upon or taken under
such attachment, if the plaintiff in such attachment shall
recover against the defendant an amount equal to the value of
such goods, chattels and credits, and to pay the amount so re-
covered, if it shall be less than the value of the goods, chattels
and credits so attached.

Upon bond
being give:
attachment
to be dis-
solved.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That upon giving bond as provided
D in the preceding section, the attachment shall be dissolved, upon
the defendant's authorizing an appearance to be entered and
common bail, but upon failure of the defendant to appear,
judgment of condemnation may be entered against him, which
shall be a sufficient judgment to entitle the plaintiff to recover
on such bond.