PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1543

"Baltimore County," sub-title "Circuit Court," said new Sec-
tion to be known as Section 40-A and to follow Section 40, and
to be read as follows :

40-A. If judgment be entered against any defendant for
failure to appear and plead, or failure to file a sufficient plea,
affidavit or certificate of counsel, under the two preceding
Sections, the court in which such judgment has been rendered
may, upon motion filed by the defendant within thirty days
after entry thereof, strike out the same and reinstate such case
with leave to such defendant to file pleas, affidavit and certifi-
cate of counsel, or amend his pleas, affidavit and certificate of
counsel already filed, within not exceeding ten days thereafter,
whenever the court shall be of the opinion that the interests
of justice will be promoted by striking out such judgment and
so reinstating such case, although sufficient grounds for striking
out such judgment for fraud, deceit, irregularity or such other
grounds as would have sufficed before the enactment of this
Section may not be present; provided, however, that the court
granting such order may in its discretion require as a condition
thereto, that the defendant give bond with approved security for
the payment of any judgment finally recovered against him in
such case in such penalty as may be prescribed by the court and
that the defendant pay the costs so far incurred in said case, or
any other conditions which the court may deem proper; and if
any defendant who has been given leave to file pleas, affidavit or
certificate, or to amend those already filed, under this Section,
shall fail to file a sufficient plea, affidavit or certificate of coun-
sel, or to amend those already filed so as to be sufficient within
the time so limited, then the plaintiff shall be entitled to final
entry of judgment on motion therefor, in the same manner as
for failure to file a sufficient plea, affidavit or certificate within
the time originally limited under the preceding Sections.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall go
into effect on September 1st, 1914.

Approved April 16th, 1914.

CHAPTER 818.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the
City of Annapolis to construct a sewerage disposal plant for
said city, and to issue bonds therefor to an amount not ex-
ceeding $50,000, provided that before said loan has been con-