Chap. 219.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 3 of an Act passed
March 3, 1866, providing for Adjustment of Liabilities arising under
Contracts and Wills made between 1st day of January, 1862, and the
10th day of April, 1865.

Ia force March 25, 1873.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the third sec- 4
tion of the act passed third March, eighteen hundred and sixty- }}
six, in relation to contracts made between J anuary first, ;
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and April tenth, eighteen ° Ft
hundred and sixty-five, be amended and re-enacted so as to ;
read as follows:

§ 3. Where any judgment or decree has been recovered for a H
specific sum, or for damages, between the said first day of Jan- ?
uary, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the said tenth day 1
of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, or shall have been ?¢
recovered after the said tenth day of April, eighteen hundred !
and sixty-five, and before the third day of March, eighteen °
hundred and seventy, or if any judgment or decree shall have
been rendered or recovered by default since the said third day
of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, or shall hereafter be
rendered or recovered by default upon a cause of action arising
within the period from first day of January, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, to the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five, and such judgment or decree remain unpaid, it shall
be lawful for the courts, in a summary way, on motion, after ten s
days’ notice, either before or after the issue of execution, to fix, ™
settle and direct at what depreciation or how the said judgment p
or decree shall be discharged, having regard to the provisions »
of this act, to the cause of action for which the judgment or
decree was recovered, and any other proof or circumstance
that from the nature of the case may be admissible.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage. C