ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Chapter 263.

AN ACT to add an additional section to article
twenty-nine of the Code of Public General
Laws, to be numbered thirteen A, and stand
under the sub-title "Specific Enforcement of
Contracts."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

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bly of Maryland, That the following additional
section be and the same hereby is added to arti-
cle twenty-nine of the Code of Public General
Laws, to be numbered thirteen A, and stand un-
der the sub-title "Specific Enforcement of Con-
tracts."
13A. No court shall refuse to specifically en-

Additional
section.

force a contract on the mere ground that the
party seeking its enforcement has an adequate
remedy in damages, unless the party resisting
its specific enforcement shall show to the court's
satisfaction that he has property from which
such damages may be made, or shall give bond,
with approved security, in a penalty to be fixed
by the court, to perform the contract or pay all
such cost and damages as may, in any court of
competent jurisdiction, be adjudged against him

Must satisfy
court or give
bond.

for breach or non-performance of such contract.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1888.

Chapter 264.

AN ACT to add an additional section to article
seventy-five of the Code of Public General
Laws, to be numbered eighty-six A, title
"Pleadings, Practice and Process."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

Effective.

bly of Maryland, That the following be and the
same hereby is added as an additional section to
article seventy-five of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, to be numbered eighty-
six A.

Additional
section.