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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 575.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 8

of Article 53 of the Code of Public General Laws of the

State of Maryland, title "Landlord and Tenant," sub-title

"Distress for Rent."

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Distress for
rent.

land, That Section 8 of Article 53 of the Code of Public Gen-

eral Laws of Maryland, title "Landlord and Tenant," sub-title

"Distress for Rent," be and the same is hereby repealed and

re-enacted to read as follows :

8. Every landlord, or his agent, who may be authorized to

Landlord or
agent to make
oath as to

distrain for rent due him, shall, previous to making such dis-
tress, make oath before any officer of the county or State where

claim.

the landlord or agent may reside, who is qualified by law to

administer oaths or affidavits, or in case said landlord or his

agent reside beyond the State of Maryland, such oath may be

taken before any officer qualified to administer an oath in the

State or district where the said landlord or his agent may re-

side, that his tenant is justly and bona fide indebted to him in

the sum of ....... dollars and ....... cents, specifying the

amount which the said landlord may claim to be due him in dol-

lars and cents, where the distress is for a certain money rent.

or that he is justly and bona fide entitled to the quantity and

proportion of the produce claimed by the said landlord, when

the distress is for grain or produce, for rent in arrear and al-

ready due him, the said landlord ; and that he, the said landlord,

has not received, directly or indirectly, any part or parcel of

said rent claimed to be due and in arrear, except, however,

the credits, given to the best of his knowledge and belief, and

Relating to a

any distraint warrant made and sworn to as aforesaid by any

distraint.

agent of any landlord, directed to any constable, sheriff or

bailiff, shall be as valid and effectual to all intents and pur-

poses as if made and executed by the landlord himself or in

person.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.