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218 Appearance, shall remain in Force until such Special Bail shall have been finally justified as aforesaid; but the Plaintiff, nevertheless, shall be at liberty to file his Declaration conditionally in the Prothonotary's Office; and the Defendant, in case such Declaration shall have been delivered seven Days before the first day of the Session next ensuing the Return of such Writs, shall plead thereto, before the Rising of the Second Court of such Great Sessions, unless further Time shall be given him by the Court for that Purpose.

"15. And whereas all Writs relating to Actions depending in the Courts of Great Sessions, in the several Counties in and, are returnable at the Great Session held respectively for the said Counties, and at no other Time, by which Means no Action that is commenced (except where the Defendant or Defendants voluntarily appear) can be brought to issue, and tried before the second Session after such Action is commenced at the soonest, which is usually near a Year, and a great Delay to the Suitors of the said Courts": For Remedy whereof, and for the greater Ease and Benefit of the said Suitors, be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Day of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, all original Writs, Bills, and all mesne Process Whatsoever, by which any Action shall be commenced or sued in the said Courts of Great Sessions for the said Counties of  and , shall and may be made returnable before his Majesty's Justices respectively of the several Counties of  and , on the first Wednesday in any Month, in each of the two Vacations, annually, betwixt the two Sessions, or on the first Day of the next Sessions, at the Election of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, his, her, or their Attorney, who shall sue out the same: And that all such Writs or Process which shall issue out of the said Courts, returnable in the Vacations as aforesaid, and whereon or wherewith the Defendant or Defendants shall be arrested or served with a Copy or Copies, such Defendant or Defendants shall appear and file Special Bail, or enter a Common Appearance, as the Case shall require, on the Day of such Return, or within fourteen Days next after; and in case of Neglect in bailable Actions, the Sheriff, Under Sheriff, or other Officer, shall, at the Request and Costs of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, in such Actions, his, her, or their Attorney assign to such Plaintiff or Plaintiffs the Bail Bond taken for the Defendant's Appearance upon the Arrest, by Indorsement and Attestation under his Hand,