1652 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 853]

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 852.

AN ACT to repeal section 35 of Article 52 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Justices of the
Peace," sub-title "Judgments," as the same was amended by
Chapter 261 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1910, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 35 of Article 52 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Justices of the Peace,"
sub-title "Judgments," as amended by Chapter 261 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1910, be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows:

35. Any justice of the peace of this State may enter a judg-
ment by confession for the plaintiff or plaintiffs for any amount
within his jurisdiction, as is now or may hereafter be prescribed
by law, either upon the voluntary appearance and consent of the
defendant or defendants, if more than one, before such justice
of the peace, or upon the written authority signed by the defend-
ant or defendants and attested by at least one witness, authoriz-
ing the entry of a judgment by confession, and such authority
may be contained either in the note or other cause of action, or
in a separate writing, provided that no judgment as aforesaid
shall be entered unless the plaintiff, his, her or its duly author-
ized attorney or agent shall first make affidavit as to the correct
amount due thereon; provided, that nothing in this section shall
in any manner effect any note or agreement for judgment dated
or entered into prior to July 1, 1912.

And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 853.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
to contract for a term not exceeding twenty-five years as
to the rates, terms and conditions of supplying natural gas
and artificial gas in connection therewith to consumers in