Civilian & telegraph., 1862-03-27
The Stay Law.

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ration OF the stay Law:
An act to amend an act passed at special
session of the General Assembly, held on
the 26th day of April, 1861, chapter l.,
entitled an act to repeal the 10th section
of the Doth article OF the Code of Public
General Laws, and the proyiso OF the 33d
section Of the 5th article of said Code re-
lating to the stay of execution, and to ex-
tend the time for enforcing the execution
of Judgments, by providing for quaIlhed
extension Of said act beyond its present
duration, on the conditions IN this Dill
expressed. .-..
SrcTro1 I Re il enacted Jy Ge General
4sse,pIv of Maymand. That the 18th chap
ter Of the Public General Laws, passed at
speciaI session of the General Assembly of
MARYLAND held on the 26th day of April,
1861, be amended and extended beyond its
present duration, so rs to operate further
Stay of execution on the conditions in the
following sections prescribed.
Sec. 9. ind be ii enacted. That as to all
judgments or DEGREES or orders for the pay
ment of money rendered or to be rendered by
anv Court or Justice of the Peace Of this
State. and upon all powers to sell contained
in any mortgage, and on all DEGREES for sale
of mortgaged property, there shall be fur
ther stay of execution after the period limited
in said act until The first day of November
next; and on condition the debtor then pay
all the interest then accrued. and costs, and
An ipstalplent of one-fifth of tho whole debt,
there shall be a stay of execution for four
months thereafter when upon payment OF
the interest then due and second instalment
of one-fifth of the original debt, there shall
be stay Of four months thereafter and
unon the naymcnt of the Interest then due
and one-balf Of the balance of the original
debt at tbe expiration of that time, there
shall be further STAY for four months there
after. at the expiration Of which time the
entire balance of said debt. with interest and
all costs accrued after the first payment shall
be maid Provided. however. that if the
debtor shall fail to nav the first or any sub.
seonent irstalment at the time or in the
manner. and to the amount above set forth
Io shall forfeit all benefit Of this act. and
execution may issue as to the whole or any
balance of tie debts with interest aud cost:
tLon due
| Src . ApjLe II en1r'eI That during the
continuance Of tl;s act iudgmcnts rendered
by Justices Of .he Peace within any couusct
! of mis- STATE sb,ll he liens ON tie real csta,<
Of the deClvdants IN said judgments upon
their being recorded as herein provided for
mnon tIrlr HON, ,iI.l with tLc Clerks Of the
| Circnit C'surts Of the several counties Of the
STATE in which the defendants shall reside
and recorded In record kept for that pur-
! nosc for iicb fine Clerk shall receive twen.
| tv-fva cents In each case brt the lien Of said
payments sbaf NOT he cons, Iercl as prior 10
iudcmcnts rendered in tho Circuit Courts of
! This State at the term IF said Courts next
succeeding the filing Of the Judgment rem
dcred before Justices Of the Peace as arore-
said. but shall be considered only equal as n
lien to them.
SEC 4 AnG he il enacted. That the secu-
rifles provided for as to mortgage of personal
proncrty and also the Immunity Of the lien
Of judgments in the second section Of the
original act referred to. shall apply to al
| cases covered hy this act, and that this ac
! shall not apply to debts contracted after th,
| tenth day of Nav next. ....
SEC. 5. 1ild be 1t enacted, That the perioC
allowed bv this act. and said act Of 1861
chapter II. shall not be cornrutcd as a por
ton Of the three years within which an exc
cuton may issue on any Judgment, or decree
to which the stay Of execution provided fol
by this act. or the said act of 1861, chapter
II, is applicable.
SIc. 6. And be IL enacted, That where any
execution had been levied upon pc,srna
property at the time when said act Of 1861
chapter II, went into effect. and sale wa
STAYED under such execution by said act, th
officer serving said executions shall not b
held responsible for said property. unless l.
| Shall have taken ana Leld salu property u