1924 ARTICLE 53.

the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of the owner of such estate,
as the case may be. In case of removal of such proceedings under a writ
of certiorari, a sufficient record thereof shall be the original papers with a
copy of the judgment and entries by the justice under his hand and seal.
This section, so far as the same relates to notices, shall not apply to Balti-
more city.

Forcible entry and detainer; no notice to quit necessary; writ of certiorari. Roth
v. State, 89 Md. 528. Clark v. Vannort, 78 Md. 221. See also Rawlings v. Rawlings,
3 H. & McH. 438.

As to juries in cases of forcible entry and detainer, see art. 51, sec. 21.

As to the procedure upon the allowance of certiorari for removal of proceedings
between landlord and tenant before justice of the peace, see art. 75, sec. 61.

See notes to sec. 1.

An. Code, sec. 7. 1904, sec. 7. 1888, sec. 7. 1845, ch. 209, sec. 2.

8. When the tenant shall give notice by parol to the landlord or to his
agent or representatives, at least one month before the expiration of the
lease or tenancy in all cases except in cases of tenancies from year to year,
and at least six months' notice in all cases of tenancy from year to year in
the counties, of the intention of such tenant to remove at the end of .that
year and to surrender possession of the tenement at that time, and the
landlord, his agent or representative shall prove said notice from the tenant
by legal and competent testimony, it shall not be necessary for the said
landlord, his agent or representative to prove a written notice to the tenant,
but the proof of such notice from the tenant as aforesaid shall entitle his
landlord to recover possession of said tenement under the provisions of this
article. This section shall not apply to Baltimore city.

Distress for Rent.

An. Code, sec. 8. 1904, sec. 8. 1888, sec. 8. 1834, ch. 192, sec. 1. 1842, ch. 208, sec. 1.

1904, ch. 575.

9. Every landlord, or his agent, who may be authorized to distrain for
rent due him, shall, previous to making such distress, make oath before
any officer of the county or State where 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 reside, 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 dollars and cents, where the distress is for a certain money
rent, or that he is justly and bona fide entitled to the quantity and propor-
tion of the produce claimed by the said landlord, when the distress is for
grain or produce, for rent in arrear and already 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, how-
ever, the credits, given to the best of his knowledge and belief, and any
distraint warrant made and sworn to as aforesaid by any agent of any