48 EVIDENCE—FINES AND FORFEITURES. [ART. 35 & 38

ARTICLE XXXV.

EVIDENCE.

	Proof of Consideration. 35 A. Promise to be answerable for debt, default or miscarriage of another person need not be 'in writing.	Typewriting. 35 B. Typewriting to have same legal effect as writing.

Proof of Consideration.

1900, ch. 362.

35 A. Where an action, suit or other proceeding is brought
for the purpose of charging any person on a special promise to
be answerable for the debt, default or miscarriage of another
person, it shall not be necessary to show that the consideration
for such promise is in writing.

Typewriting.

1900, ch. 598.

35 B. All typewriting heretofore executed or done, and all
typewriting which may be hereafter executed or done for any
purpose, and in any instrument whatsoever, shall have the same
legal force, meaning and effect as writing, and writing shall be
taken and held to include typewriting; provided, that this sec-
tion shall not be so construed as to in any manner affect or change
the law as it now is respecting signatures.

ARTICLE XXXVIII.

FINES AND FORFEITURES.
Distribution of Fines and Forfeited Recognizances.

1898, ch. 407. 1900, ch. 23.

4. This section is repealed except as to Washington, Allegany,
Garrett, Harford, Charles, Calvert, Kent, Baltimore, St. Mary's,
Dorchester, Prince George's, Carroll, Somerset, Wicomico,
Frederick, Talbot, Worcester and Howard counties, and the
repeal applies only to Montgomery, Queen Anne's, Caroline,
Cecil and Anne Arundel counties and Baltimore city.