330 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 140

shall be again permitted to he dormant, renewable only as
aforesaid, the said plaintiff or. his attorney having the right
to renew said writ to as many subsequent return days, under
the same mode of procedure, as may be deemed proper, until
the same is executed.

SEC. 159d: After the return of any writ or other process
made returnable to a return day, the same proceedings may
be had thereupon as if the same had been made returnable, and
had been returned to a term of said court under the practice
heretofore existing, except as hereinafter otherwise provided.

SEC. 159e: If the defendant be returned "summoned", and
shall fail to appear, the clerk of the court, on the day following
the return day to which the writ or process served on him
is returnable, shall enter the appearance of any defendant so
summoned and failing to appear, and the action shall proceed
in the same manner as if the party had appeared in person.

SEC. 159f: When a declaration in any action shall be filed
in court, and a copy thereof delivered to the defendant before
the day of the return of the writ, and the defendant shall be
summoned before the said day of the return of the writ, he
shall plead before the next succeeding return day, or judgment
by default for want of a plea shall be entered by the clerk of
court thereof, upon motion in writing made by the plaintiff or
his attorney, then, or at any time thereafter, before the filing
of a plea by the defendant, unless the court for good reason
shall have granted, said defendant further time to plead; and,
upon such entry of judgment, the plaintiff may forthwith sue
out his writ of inquiry, or otherwise enter up final judgment
according to the course of the court.

SEC. 159g: When any action shall be brought upon a titling
and the defendant shall have been summoned, the plaintiff
shall file his declaration within fifteen days after the return
day to which said defendant has been summoned, or a judgment
of non pros may be entered) by the Court or the clerk thereof,
upon a motion made in writing by the defendant, unless the
Court, for good cause shown, shall grant further time; but, if
the plaintiff shall have filed his declaration in any such action,
at any time before the entry of a judgment of non pros against
him, the defendant shall be required to plead to such declara-
tion within the time and upon the terms prescribed by the rules
of court, or judgment by default may be entered against him as
provided by said rules.