544 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 384]

in such actions or proceedings, shall be taken as admitted for
the purpose of such action or proceeding, unless the fact of
such partnership, incorporation or representative character as
the case may be, or that such signature was written by or by
the authority of the person whose signature it purports to be,
shall be denied in writing under oath by the opposite party
before any hearing of such case or proceeding shall be had;
provided, however, that in case of a corporation, the affidavit to
such denial may be made by the president, vice-president, sec-
retary or treasurer thereof, and in case of a partnership by
any one of the partners. And whenever such denial under oath
is so made, the justice of the peace before whom the case or pro-
ceeding is pending shall, at the request of the party against
whom such denial is made, postpone or continue the same to
such reasonable time as will enable such party to procure the
desired proof.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from June 1, 1912.

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 384.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 75, Code of Public
General Laws of 1904, title "Pleadings, Practice and Process
at Law," sub-title "Removal of Causes," to be known as
section 109A, and to follow immediately after section 109 of
said article.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
Article 75 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland
of 1904, title "Pleadings, Practice and Process at Law," sub-
title "Removal of Causes," to be known as section 109A, and
to follow immediately after section 109 of said article and to
read as follows:

SEC. 109A. In all causes which may be removed to another
Court under the provisions of this article, after the said case
shall have been heard and determined, the clerk of the Court in
which the said case shall have been determined, shall imme-
diately thereafter forward a copy of the docket entries in said
case to the clerk of the Court where the said cause was orig-
inally instituted, and said docket entries shall immediately,
upon receipt of same, be entered upon the docket by the clerk
of the Court where said cause was originally instituted.