1252 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 662

Chapter 432, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 173. In all trials of actions at law in the Courts of
this State, it shall not be necessary to call the plaintiff befor-
the verdict is rendered ; nor shall the plaintiff be entitled to dis-
miss his suit or submit to a voluntary judgment of non pros
after argument upon the facts has begun in cases tried before
a jury or before a Court sitting as a jury; but the plaintiff
shall have the same right to dismiss such case or submit, to a
voluntary judgment of non pros thereon, up to the time when
such argument on the facts has begun, as before the enactment
of this section except as hereinafter provided.

And in all cases where a defendant has specially pleaded
set-off, the defendant shall similarly be entitled to dismiss his
claim of set-off, or submit to a voluntary judgment of non
pros thereon, to the same extent and up to the same point of
time as the plaintiff shall be entitled to take such action with
respect to his claim, and no voluntary dismissal of the suit
or submission to voluntary judgment of non pros by the plain-
tiff shall interfere with or affect the right of the defendant to
recover in said suit on his plea of set-off.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 662.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact Section 118-A of Article 16 of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Chancery," sub-title "Non-Residents," as said section
was enacted by Chapter 708 of the Acts of 1914 of the
General Assembly.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 118-A of Article 16 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws of Maryland, title "Chancery," sub-title
"Non-Residents," as enacted by Chapter 708 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1914, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

SECTION 118-A. In all cases in chancery where a non com-
pos mentis owns property in this State and is a non-resident,
and a guardian, committee or trustee has been appointed for
said lunatic in a foreign jurisdiction, either with respect to his