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ABATEMENT.

No plea in, fhall be allowed in fuits for
partitions between joint tenants and
tenants in common,
Pleas in, must be fworn to,

Full cofts allowed in Diftrict and County

Courts, when pleas in are over ruled,
Suits fhall not abate after interlocutory
judgment by the death of plaintiff or
defendant, if the action will furvive,
If there be two or more plaintiffs or de
fendants, and one fhould die, if the
caufe of action would furvive to the
other, it fhall proceed,
Plaintiff or defendant dying between ver-
dict and judgment, the judgment fhall
be entered up,
Joint-tenancy may be pleaded in,
Non-tenure of parcel not to abate the
whole writ,

Certain fuits profecuted on behalf of the
Commonwealth, not to abate,
ABSCONDING DEBTORS-SEE AT-

TACHMENTS.

Perfons abfconding or removing out of
the county or country not entitled to
the benefit of the act of limitations,
Proceedings against them by attach-

ment,

Mafters of veffels carrying debtors out
of the State, liable for their debts,

ABSENT DEBTORS.
Proceedings in fuits against them and
other defendants within the ftate,
May, on return within 7 years have their
caufes re-heard,
Mode of proceeding against the effects
of debtors out of this Commonwealth,
or abfconding,
The fame proceedings in the High
Courts of Chancery & County Courts,
against other abfent defendants, as ab-
fent debtors,

ABSENT DEFENDANTS.
May be proceeded against in the High
Courts of Chancery & County Courts,

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By one joint-tenant or tenant in-com-
mon, or their executors, &c. against
the other, his executors, &c.
ACCOUNTS-SEE BOOK DEBTS—PUB-

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ACTION, OF DEBT.
May be brought on a note or writing,
whereby money, tobacco or other
thing is promifed to be paid,
ACTIONS, ON PENAL STATUTES.
115 Shall be profecuted within twelve months
after the offence committed,

Who may be elected,

Member ferving 7 years, not compellable to serve,

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Penalty on electors failing to account, - 19 20 , power of county courts to re

mit, 41 42 Duty of theriff in furnishing the clerk with the election poll,

Electors privileged in travelling to and from, and whilft at, elections,

Mode of taking the pall; officer to declare thofe duly elected,

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When the sheriff may adjourn the poll, How perfons meaning to conteft elections, muft proceed, 2c 21 41 48 379 388 387 Electors refufing to fwear if required, their names to be entered in a feparate lift, How the officers fhall certify elections of Delegates and Senators,

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Certificates of elections, to whom, and when to be delivered,

How, and by whom, writs to fill vacancies in the Affembly, fhall be iffued and proceeded.

on,

Each house to settle its own proceedings; and, on vacancies, iffue writs of election, Laws to originate in the Houle of Delegates; the Senate may approve, amend, or rejeA, except money bills,

Either house may adjourn,

When the Governor may convoke them, That part of the act of 1795, faying a contested election fhall not be tried in less than 14 days, repealed,

379 Any perfon arrefting or profecuting a member of, for any thing faid or done in the legiflature, liable to fine and imprisonment, 39 Any member of, arrefted or imprifoned, may have his babeas Corpus,

389 Provisions to fecure the freedom of fpeech and proceedings in the legislature, extended against thofe arreiting or profecuting, tho' the perfon may have ceafed to be a member of a Tembly, Wages of the members of,

Legislature to fill vacancies of electors for choofing a prefident and vice-prefident of the United States in cafe they fail to attend by a certain time,

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Penalty on fheriff or mayor refusing to take the poll or making a falfe return, &c. Members guilty of bribery in elections, penalty on them, Extent of privilege of members: procefs in which they are parties to be fufpended during the fellion, Perfons in execution delivered by privilege of Affembly, liable to efcapes if they do not return in execution when the privilege ceaies,

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Moce ef proceeding, when a fufficient number f embers do pot attend,

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Must allow all just discounts before notice of affignment,

ASSIGNMENTS, GNMENT

Of bonds, bills, nores, and obligations, valid, $6