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

Approved April 8, 1912.

CHAPTER 385.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments section 39 of
Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, as
enacted by Chapter 495 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland of 1908, title "Baltimore County," sub-
title "Circuit Court," and to add a new section to said article
to follow section 41 of said article, sub-title "Circuit Court,"
and to be known as section 4lA.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 39 of Article 3 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Baltimore County," sub-title "Circuit
Court," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments so as to read as follows:

39. In any suit when the cause of action is a contract
whether in writing or not, or whether expressed or implied,
the plaintiff, if affidavit or affirmation be made, as hereinafter
stated, shall be entitled to judgment, to be entered by the Court
or the clerk thereof on motion in writing at any time after fif-
teen days from the return day to which the defendant shall
have been summoned, although the defendant may have
pleaded, unless such plea contains a good defense and unless the
defendant or some one in his behalf shall, under oath or affirma-
tion, state that every plea so pleaded by the defenant is true,
and shall further state the amount of plaintiffs demand, if
anything, admitted to be due or owing, and the amount dis-
puted, and further, that the affiant verily believes the defendant
will be able at the trial of the cause to produce sufficient evi-
dence to support the plea as to the portion disputed, and that
he is advised by counsel to file the said plea, and such plea
shall be accompanied by a certificate of counsel that he so
advised the party making such oath or affirmation, and if the
co-partnership or incorporation of any of the parties to the
suit shall be alleged in the declaration and the affidavit to be
filed therewith, as hereinafter provided, or if there shall be
filed with the declaration in said cause, any paper purporting
to be signed by any defendant therein, the fact of such alleged
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