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Tender before civil bill decree executed.
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63. It shall be lawful for the defendant in any civil bill ejectment for nonpayment of rent or any other person having a specific interest in the lease or other contract of tenancy, at any time before the decree for possession shall have been executed, to pay to the plaintiff, or his executor or administrator, or agent or attorney, in the said civil bill, all rent and arrear due at the time of the service of the ejectment, together with the cost incurred, or a sum sufficient to cover such costs, or to tender the same, and, in case such tender shall be refused, to deposit the money with the clerk of the peace of the county, for which lodgment a certificate and duplicate shall be granted in manner aforesaid; and thereupon it shall be lawful for the chairman to order all further proceedings to be stayed and to cease, upon payment of such costs incurred up to the date of such tender as he shall deem reasonable; and the money so lodged with the clerk of the peace shall be paid over to the plaintiff, or his executor or administrator or attorney, on demand: Provided, that the decision of the chairman shall be subject to appeal in like manner as if it were a decree or dismiss on a civil bill ejectment for nonpayment of rent.
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