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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

scind or modify any of said rules, or to pass
additional rules, in their discretion.

Effective.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from, the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1888.

Chapter 487.

AN ACT to take away the remedy of distress
for rent in Baltimore city in certain cases,
and to give in lieu thereof the remedy of a
speedy re-entry, and insert the following :

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That in all cases of any demise

Superseded.

or agreement for rental, expressed or implied,
verbal or written, hereafter to be made, of lands
or tenements, whether real estate or chattels
real, within the limits of the city of Baltimore,
for a less term than twelve calendar months,
the remedy of distress for rent due be and the
same is hereby taken away and altogether su-
perseded ; and from and after the passage of this
act, and except as this act provides, no person
under any demise or agreement of rental for a
less term than twelve calendar months shall
have any other or greater remedy for the recov-
ery of rent due than is had for the recovery of
any ordinary debt.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever the

Right to re-
possess.

tenant under any such demise or agreement of
rental, express or implied, verbal or written, of
land or tenants, whether real estate or chattels
real, within the limits of the city of Baltimore,
for a less term than twelve calendar months,
shall fail to pay the rent thereunder when due
and payable, it shall be lawful for the lessor to
have again and repossess the premises so rented.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That whenever any

Must describe
property.

lessor shall desire to have again and repossess
any premises to which he is entitled under the
provisions of the preceding section of this act,
be or his duly qualified agent or attorney shall