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CHANCERY. [ART. 16.
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circuit court of the county of his or her residence, or in
the circuit court of Baltimore city, if such person
resides in the city of Baltimore, a petition in which
shall be stated the change which such person desires
shall be made in his or her name and the reasons there-
for, and thereupon the said court, upon being satisfied
in such manner as it shall by its rules prescribe, that
the prayer of the said petition should be granted, shall
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Decree of court.
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order and decree that the name of such person be
changed, as is prayed in said petition, and upon the
passage of such decree the true and legal name of such
person shall be that determined by the said decree, and
a copy of the said decree under the seal of said court,
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Evidence.
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shall be sufficient and legal evidence of the facts there-
in stated; the petition provided for in this section may
be filed on behalf of any infant residing in this state by
the father of such infant, or in case of his death, by the
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Costs.
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mother or guardian of such infant; the costs of the pro-
ceedings provided for in this section shall be regulated
by the said courts, and shall be paid by the petitioner.
In force and approved! March 30, 1868.
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NOTE.—The above law was prepared by Messrs. Gwinn, Maulsby and Carter, Commissioners
appointed by the Governor to draft laws for the formation of Corporations and for other
purposes under section 48 of Article 3 of .the Constitution The Circuit Court of Baltimore
city has passed the following rule in regard to applications to the count for changing names I
under 1868, c 311 "All persons applying for the benefit of said act shall file in the court a
petition in which shall be stated the residence of such person and the change such person
may desire to be made in his or her name and the reasons therefor, this petition to be
sustained by the-affidavit of such person, or in case such petition Is filed in behali of an
infant, it shall be made by the father, mother or guardian of said infant, whereupon thirty
days' notice of such application shall be given by publication onee a week for three successive
weeks in some newspaper published in the city of Baltimore At the expiration of the said
thirty days, the petition may be presented to the court for consideration, and to pans such
order or decree as may appear proper in the case Affidavits in opposition as well as in
support of such petition, may be filed before the expiration of the said thirty days." See
Note p. 19.
NON-RESIDENTS.
1868, c. 200 repeals section 89 as re-enacted by 1864, c. 89, (Sup. 43) and enacts that
the following section be inserted as a substitute for said section so repealed:
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1868, C. 200.
How answer of
non-resident
Infant defend-
ant taken.
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89. In every suit in chancery by bill or petition
where the defendants or any of them shall be infants
residing out of this state, in any other of the United
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