ART. 67.] LANDLORD AND TENANT.

given by the landlord, or his agent or representative, to the tenant
before the expiration of the current year; and provided further,

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that, after proof of such notice being given, no proof of waiver
thereof shall be received except it be in writing, under the hand of
said landlord, or his agent or representative, or an express waiver
thereof, proved upon the testimony of one or more disinterested
witnesses

After proof of
notice, proof of
waiver to be in
writing.

7. When the tenant shall give notice by parol to the landlord, or
to his agent or representatives, at least one month before the expi-
ration of the lease or tenancy, in all cases except in cases of tenan-
cies from year to year, and al least six months' notice in all cases
of tenancy from year to year, of the intention of such tenant to re-
move at the end of that year, and to surrender possession of the
tenement at that time; and the landlord, his agent, or representa.
tive, 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 provi-
sions of this article relating to landlord and tenant.

Art 53, s 7
1843, c 209, s 2
How notice dis-
pensed with

DISTRESS FOR BENT.

8. Every landlord, or his agent, who may be authorized to dis-
train for rent due him, shall, previous to making such distress, make
oath before some justice of the peace of the county where the prem-
ises lie, or where the landlord or his agent may reside, that his
tenant is justly and bond fide indebted to him in the sum of
dollars and ———— cents; specifying the amount which the said
landlord may claim to be due in dollars and cents, where the dis-
tress is for a certain money rent; or that he is justly and bond fide
entitled to the quantity or proportion of the produce claimed by the
said landlord, when the distress is for grain or produce, for rent in
arrear and already due to him, the said landlord; and that he, the
said landlord, hath not received, directly or indirectly, any part or
parcel of said rent claimed to be due and in arrear, except (if any)
the credits given, to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Id s 8.
1834, c 192, s 1 ,
1842, c 208, s 1
Oath to be taken
by landlord or
his agent before
distress
5 Md 195 , 10
Md 313, 346 , 14
Md 247, 27 Md.
91, 440, 660 , 28
Md 176 , 33 Md
246 , 35 Md 110 ,
36 Md 301
1 H. & J 3

9. To every warrant authorizing any bailiff to levy a distress for
rent, there shall be prefixed or annexed the account of such to be
due and in arrear, when the contract is for a certain money rent; or
a statement specifying the quantity or proportion of produce agreed
upon between the landlord and tenant as the rent of the premises,
when the distress is for grain or produce, together with an affidavit
thereon in substance as required in the preceding section.

Id s 9
1834, c 192, s 3
Account and
oath to be an-
nexed to war-
rant

10, In all cases where land shall be rented in consideration of a
render of a portion of the crops raised upon the same, or for a spe-
cific amount of grain or other produce, and the tenant shall fail to

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Id s 10.
1831, c 171, s 1
Landlord may
distrain for
portion of crops