ART. 53.] DISTRESS FOR RENT. 895

P. G L., (1860,) art 53, sec 7. 1845, ch. 209, sec. 2.

7. 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 inten-
tion of such tenant to remove at the end of that year, and to
surrender possession of the tenement at that time, and the land-
lord, his agent or representative, shall prove said notice from the
tenant by legal and competent testimony, it shall not be neces-
sary 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 posses-
sion of said tenement under the provisions of this article. Thia

section shall not apply to Baltimore city.

Distress for Rent.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 53, sec. 8. 1834, ch. 192, sec. 1. 1842, ch. 208, sec. 1

8. Every landlord, or his agent, who may be authorized to I
distrain for rent due him, shall, previous to making such distress,
make oath before some justice of the peace of the county where
the premises lie, or where the 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 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 or proportion of the pro-
duce 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.

Garrett v. Hughlett, 1 H & J 3 Joynes v. Wartman, 5 Md. 195. Giles v.
Ebsworth, 10 Md 346. Cross v. Tome, 14 Md 247 Dailey v. Grimes, 27 Md.
440. Everett v. State, 28 Md 176 Mears v. Remare, 33 Md 246. Jean v.
Spurrier, 35 Md. 110. Hamilton v. Windolf, 36 Md 301.

Ibid sec. 9. 1834, ch. 192, sec. 3.

9. To every warrant authorizing any bailiff to levy a distress
for rent, there shall be prefixed or annexed the account of such