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be issued at any time after the entry of judgment as aforesaid
and before the expiration of said stay.

37K. Nothing in the nine preceding sections shall prevent a
defendant from filing a demurrer to the plaintiff's declaration
instead of pleading thereto; but the filing of such demurrer
shall not permit the plaintiff from obtaining judgment by de-
fault against the defendant, according to the provisions of
the preceding sections, unless the defendant or some one in his
behalf shall, at the time of filing such demurrer, also make
oath or affirmation, to be filed in the case, that such demurrer
is not interposed for the purpose of delay.

37L. The clerk of said court shall have full power and au-
thority to enter judgments by default under the rules of said
court, according to the provisions of section 37F in the absence
of the judge, but shall not have authority to extend such judg-
ments or assess the damage, which shall alone be done by the
order and under the direction of said court, or one of the judges
thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 351.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments section 44
of article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Howard County," sub-title "County Commissioners
and County Collectors," as the same was enacted by the laws
of 1892, chapter 139.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That section 44 of article 14 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Howard County," sub-title "County
Commissioners and County Collectors," as the same was en-
acted by the laws of 1892, chapter 139, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

44. The County Commissioners of Howard county shall at
their first regular meeting, held in the month of May in each
year, annually appoint some suitable person who shall be a
resident of said county, clerk to their board, who, before enter-
ing upon the duties of his said office, shall make oath in due
form of law, before the clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county, to well and faithfully perform the duties of clerk to the
County Commissioners of Howard county, and shall also exe-