JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 607'
CHAPTER 414.
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AN ACT to repeal sections two and six of article fifty-
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three, of the Code of Public General Laws, enti-
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tled Landlord and Tenant, and to re-enact said
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section with amendments.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Repealed and
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Maryland, That sections two and six, of article fifty-
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re- enacted.
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three, of the Code of Public General Laws, entitled
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Landlord and Tenant, be and are hereby repealed
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and re-enacted to read as follows :
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SEC. 2. The said justice, upon due proof made be-
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fore them that the said lessor had been quietly and
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peaceably possessed of the lands, tenements or messa-
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ges so demanded to be delivered up, that being so
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possessed, be let or leased the same as aforesaid, for
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a term which is now passed and expired, and that he
has given notice, in the manner aforesaid, to the ten-
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Notice to quit.
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ant in possession to quit the same, and that the said
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tenant has refused or neglected so to do, shall forth-
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with issue their warrant, tinder their hands and seals,
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to the sheriff of the said county, commanding him
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to summon twelve good and lawful men, of his said
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county, to be and appear, at such place as in said
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warrant may be designated, before the said justice,
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on a day in said warrant mentioned, which shall be
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the fourth day after the issuing of the same, and
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none of said jurymen shall reside within a radious
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of five miles of the land, tenements or messages
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sought to be recovered by any proceeding under
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this article.
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