WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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said justice shall be affirmed, then a warrant as

aforesaid shall be issued to the sheriff by the said

court so determining the same, who shall proceed

forthwith to execute the same.

SEC. 5. If the tenant or person in possession

shall allege that the title to the premises so leased

or demised is disputed and claimed by some per-

Disputed title.

son whom he shall name by virtue of a right or

title accruing or happening since the commence-

ment of the said lease, or letting by descent, deed

or under the last will or testament of the lessor,

and if thereupon the person so claiming shall

forthwith appear, or upon a summons to be imme-

diately issued by said justice, and made returnable

within six days next following, shall appear be-

fore said justice and shall, on oath, to be admin-

istered by him, declare that he or she verily be-

lieve that he or she is entitled, in manner afore-

said, to the said premises so leased or demised, and

shall, with two sufficient securities, enter into

Enter into

bond to the lessor, his or her heirs or assigns, in

bond with the
lessor.

such sum as the said justice shall think is a proper

and reasonable security to said lessor or parties in

interest, to prosecute his or her claim at the next

term of the Circuit Court for the county, or the

next term of the City Court for Baltimore city, as

the case may be, then the said justice shall for-

bear to give judgment for restitution and costs,

provided that if the said claim shall not be prose-

cuted as aforesaid, the said justice shall proceed

to give judgment for restitution and costs, and

issue his warrant within ten days after the end

of said term of court.

SEC. 6. The provisions of the preceding sections

Where to ap-

shall apply to all cases of tenancies from year to

ply.

year, or weekly; provided that in the former case

a notice of six months in writing shall be given

before the expiration of the current year, or if

weekly a notice of one week, and the same pro-

ceedings shall apply so far as may be to cases of

forcible entry and detainer, and the benefit of all

such proceedings shall ensue to the heirs, execu-
tors, administrators or assigns of the owner of such

Proceedings-
how to apply.

estate as the case may be; and in the case of the

removal of such proceedings under writ of certior