408 CHANCEEY. [ART. 16

1668, art. 16, sec. 93. 1886, ch. 151.

104. In cases where proceedings have been or shall be insti-
tuted for the renewal of a lease containing a covenant for
renewal, the court may pass a decree for the renewal of such
lease, which shall be binding upon all persons who shall have
become parties to such proceedings by summons or appearance,
or who shall have been proceeded against by publication, as
provided by section 127 of this article; and such decree shall
be sufficient to renew the title of all persons interested under
such lease, according to their respective interests and estates
thereunder, for such additional term, under such rent and upon
such covenants, conditions and stipulations as were provided
in such lease.

Ibid. sec. 94. 1886, ch. 151.

105. Every renewal decree passed under the provisions of
the preceding section shall be recorded among the land records
of the county or city where the land affected by such decree
may lie.

Ibid see 95. 1886, ch. 308, sec. 2. 1904, ch. 25.

106. If any person residing in this State shall desire to
change his or her name, such person may file in the Circuit
Court for the county of his or her residence, or in the Circuit
Court of Baltimore City, or in the Circuit Court No. 2 of
Baltimore City, if such person resides in the City of Baltimore,
a petition in which shall be stated the change which such per-
son desires shall be made in his or her name, and the reasons
therefor; and thereupon the said court, upon being satisfied
in such manner as it shall by its rules prescribe, that the prayer
of the said petitioner shall be granted, shall order and decree
that the name of such person be changed as 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, shall be sufficient and legal evidence of the facts therein
stated. A petition provided for in this section may be filed on
behalf of any infant residing in this State, by the father or
mother of such infant, or in the case of the death of the father
and mother of said infant, by the guardian of such infant;
the costs of the proceedings provided for in this section shall
be regulated by the said court, and shall be paid by the peti-
tioner.