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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1826.

and if upon such indulgence the party shall file a new bond,
which shall be approved, the supersedeas thereupon granted
shall have relation back to the day of the filing of the first
bond.

Appeal
bonds, &c.
not to be
avoided as
to matter of
form.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That no bond required by this
act to be executed for the purpose of staying or delaying execu-
tion upon any judgment or decree as aforesaid, and which shall
be approved according to the provisions of this act, shall be
avoided for any matter of form.

Certain acts
repealed.

SEC. 18. And be if enacted, That an act of assembly, enti-
tled, an act for regulating writs of error, and granting appeals
from and to the courts of common law within this province,
passed at October session, ia the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and thirteen, and the several supplements thereto,
and the fourth section of an act, entitled, an act to limit the
continuance of actions in several courts within this province,
and ascertaining the manner of taking the evidence of seafaring
men, and for granting appeals from the chancery court to the
governor and council, passed at July session, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one, and the
twenty -seventh section of an act, entitled, an act for enlarging
the power of the high court of chancery, and an act, entitled,

Proviso.

an act for the limitation of appeals and writs of error, be and
they are hereby repealed ; Provided always, that all rights ac-
quired under the said acts of assembly, or any part of them, or
any part of any of them, hereby repealed, by any person or per-
sons whatsoever, shall be subject to the rules and regulations
mentioned and contained in the said acts of assembly, or any
of them, or any part of any of them, and the same proceedings
may be had under the same, as to all such rights, in the same
manner as if the said acts, or any of them, or any part of any
of them, had not been repealed.

CHAPTER 201.

Ait ACT relative to the establishment of a Light-House on Point Concord
at the mouth of Susquehanna River, and for other purposes.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the navigation of the Chesapeake bay, at the
mouth of the Susquehanna river, requires for its safety the
establishment of a light-house : and whereas the government
of the United States has made an adequate appropriation for this
object, which will be applied by its agents as soon as the pro-
per site can be obtained at a just value: Therefore,

Site for
light-house
may be told
to U. S,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the commissioners of the town of Havre-de-Grace, in
Harford county, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered, to sell to the United States, or its
proper officer, a site or sites for a light- house or light-houses, with