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1888, art. 35, sec. 45. 1860, art. 37, see. 44. 1888, ch. 392.
50. In cases where there are two or more plaintiffs any
affidavits required under the preceding sections to be made by
the party bringing suit or by the creditor may be made by any
one of the plaintiffs, or if all the plaintiffs be absent from the
State at the time of the bringing of the suit, or if the plaintiff
be a corporation, such affidavit may be made by any agent of
the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or any of them, who will make further
oath that he is such agent and that he has personal knowledge
of the matters therein stated; such affidavit, if made on behalf
of any firm or copartnership, shall be prima facie evidence of
said partnership and of the persons composing the same as
therein set forth, or if made on behalf of any body corporate
by any person therein alleging himself to be a charter officer
thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of its corpora-
tion as therein set forth.

Ibid. sec. 46. 1860, art. 37, sec. 45. 1785, ch 46, sec. 6.

61. Nothing contained in this article shall preclude any
debtor or defendant from controverting any proof offered in
pursuance of the provisions thereof by any testimony which is
legal and admissible by the rules of the common law, or pre-
vent any creditor or plaintiff from giving any evidence admis-
sible by the rules of the common law in support of his claim ;
or pursuing any legal mode other than herein prescribed to
prove and establish his claim or demand.

Public Statutes and Office Copies and Official Certificates.

Ibid. sec. 47. 1860, art. 37, sec. 46. 1829, ch. 219.

52. The. private laws and resolutions published by the
authority of this State may be read in evidence from the
printed statute book.

Ibid. sec. 48. 1860, art. 37, sec. 47 1845, ch. 89. 1849, ch. 38.
1898, ch. 342.

53. The public or private statutes of the United States or
of any State or territory of the United States or of the united
kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may be read in evidence
from any printed volume purporting to contain the statutes of
the said United States, State or territory of the united king-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland; and the said printed volume
shall in all cases be received as evidence of said statutes with-
out any further authentication or proof thereof.
Eastwood v. Kennedy, 44 Md. 563. Harryman v. Schryver, 52 Md. 76.