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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of

acts, inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force.

effect from and after- the first day of January next.

Approved April 8, 1876.

CHAPTER 373.

AN ACT to repeal sections one, three and four of

article forty-three of the Code of Public General

Laws, entitled "Habeas Corpus," and enact the

following in lieu thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Repealed and

Maryland, That sections one, three and four of arti-

re-enacted.

cle forty-three of the Code of Public General Laws,

title "Habeas Corpus," be and the same is. hereby

repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof:

1. The several Circuit Courts of this State, the

Have Jurisdic-

Superior Court of Baltimore city, the Court of Com-

tion.

mon Pleas in the City of Baltimore, the Circuit

Court of Baltimore city, and the Baltimore City

Court, and the several and respective judges thereof

out of court, and each of the Judges of the Court of

Appeals shall have jurisdiction over the whole State

in all matters relative to Habeas Corpus.

3. If any person be committed, detained, confined

or re-strained for any crime, or under any color or

Shall forth-
with grant.

pretence whatsoever, he may complain to any of the

courts or judges mentioned in the first section of this

article, (or any one in his behalf may so complain,)

and the said court or judge shall forthwith grant a

habeas corpus, directed to the officer or other person

in whose custody the party detained shall be, return-

able immediately before the said court or judge

granting the same.