1608 ARTICLE 35

1939, ch. 131, sec. 50B.

57. The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it
may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtain-
ing such information.

1939, ch. 131, sec. 50C.

58. The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and
not by the jury, and shall be reviewable. The court shall grant such in-
structions to the jury, applying said foreign law to the facts of the par-
ticular case, as would be proper if such foreign law were domestic law;
and in proceedings without a jury, the court shall apply the foreign law to
the facts of the particular case, as would be proper if such foreign law
were domestic law.

1939, ch. 131, sec. 50D.

59. Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evi-
dence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in
another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reason-
able notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings
or otherwise.

1939, ch. 131, sec. 50E.

60. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in Section
56 shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the foregoing
provisions concerning judicial notice.

1939, ch. 131, sec. 50F.

61. This sub-title shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate
its general purpose to make uniform the law of those States which enact it.

1939, ch. 131, sec. 50G.

62. This sub-title may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice of
Foreign Law Act.¹

Proof of Accounts.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 51. 1912, sec. 48. 1904, sec. 48. 1888, sec. 43. 1785, ch. 46, sec. 4.

1888, ch. 392. 1939, ch. 397.

63. The oath of any disinterested credible witness taken before any
judge of justice of the peace of this State, or before any officer of the
State or county where such witness may be at the time, having authority
to administer an oath therein, and certified as aforesaid, proving the pay-
ment or delivery of any money, or the delivery or sale of any goods, wares,
merchandise, chattels or effects, or any work done, services rendered or
other things properly chargeable in account, shall be legal evidence in any
court or before any justice of the peace of this State to charge the person
to whom such money, goods, wares, merchandise or effects shall be so
proved to be delivered, or at whose instance or request such work or services'
shall be so proven to be done or rendered; and the oath of such witness,
made and certified as aforesaid shall be good evidence to prove the price

¹ Sec. 3, ch. 131, repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent of such inconsistency.