TENANTS, HOLDING OVER.

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city of Baltimore, or no family in such dwelling-house, or no
person in service or employ aforesaid, then such notice shall be
deemed duly served, if set up on some conspicuous part of the
demised or let premises ; and any notice shall be deemed suffi-
cient and valid as notice aforesaid from the lessor, that shall
contain a direction or request (o the tenant, to quit, or. leave, or

go out of, or give up, the said premises, without specifying any
term, .period, time, or dates, whatsoever; and in like manner a
notice from the tenant to the lessor, signifying an intention of
quitting, leaving, going out of, or giving up, said premises, shall,
without any specification as aforesaid, be deemed sufficient and
valid, as notice as aforesaid from the tenant.

Specifica-
ting dis-
pensed with
Legal ser-
vice of no-
tice from
tenant.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That it shall and may be lawful
for any lessor who shall seek to avail himself of, or who shall
have instituted, the proceeding aforesaid, allowed by said act
for recovery of possession as aforesaid, of the said demised or
let premises, to file with the justices or one of them, before
whom such proceeding shall be had, or shall be intended to
be had, any interrogatory or interrogatories to be answered by
the tenant touching the tenancy aforesaid, or notice aforesaid,
or for any matter of evidence in support of the pretensions of

Authority
to ale in-
terrogato-
ries.

said lessor, in and about and for such proceeding; and such in-
terrogatory or interrogatories shall be answered in writing, on
oath, by said tenant, before the third day (excluding the day of
service) after a copy thereof shall have been served on said
tenant; and such copy shall be held to be duly served, if served
or dealt with as is herein before provided, respecting the services
of the notices aforesaid ; and if the person alleged to be tenant

For tenants
to answer
on oath.
Copy to be
served.

as aforesaid, shall, after such service, omit to answer as afore-
said, he or she shall be deemed and taken to be tenant as

On failing
to answer.

claimed and pretended by said lessor in said proceeding, and
to have had due notice as herein before prescribed, and to have
confessed all such matters favourable to the said lessor's pre-
tensions as shall be sought to be derived by such interrogatory

Deemed as
confession.

or interrogatories ; Provided however, that for cause shewn to
the said justices or any one of them, the time for answering as
aforesaid, may by the said justices or justice be enlarged, so,
however, that the whole time for such answering shall not ex-
ceed eight entire days from and after, and exclusive of the said
day of service.

Proviso;
time ex-
tended.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That if in the proceeding afore-
said, a verdict shall be rendered in favour of such lessor, the
jury shall thereupon proceed to assess against the tenant,

Case of
verdict.

damages for the holding over of the demised or let premises,
not exceeding double the rate of the rent of said tenancy, and
also for the expenses of said lessor, in and about said proceed-
ing; over and above the legal costs thereof; and shall, for said
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Damages
for holding
over.