832 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 381

in said city, a certificate in writing, under oath, disclosing the
true and correct name or names and the address or addresses
of the principal or principals or true owner or owners of the
said business, the character and location thereof and the name,
title or designation under which said business is conducted,
the form of which certificate shall be as follows:
State of Maryland, C of ' ss.:

I, or we, hereby certify that...........................

residing at............................... is, or are, the

owner, or owners, of the business of.......................

located and conducted at................................

in the city, or town, of.................................

in the county of.......................................

in the State of Maryland, in the name, or under the style, title
or designation of.............................

(Signed)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this............ day of

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(Official title.)

the oath to which certificate may be taken before any officer au-
thorized under the laws of this state to administer the same.

19. The clerks of the Circuit Courts for the several
counties and the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City
shall each keep a public docket, to be known as the "Agency
Record," wherein shall be recorded all certificates filed in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the preceding section, properly
indexed so as to disclose the name or names of the real owner
or owners of such business and the name, title or designation
under which the same is conducted, and shall charge and re-
ceive a fee of one dollar for recording and indexing such cer-
tificates.

20. If any person or persons, so conducting any such busi-
ness, as agent or agents, or in any name or under any title or
designation other than in the real name or names of the true
owner or owners thereof, shall fail to file the certificate provided
for in Section 18 of this Act, then and in that event any person
or corporation who shall become a creditor of such person or
persons for money, merchandise or anything of value furnished
or supplied for the use or benefit of such business, shall have
The right to maintain a suit or action in any court, or before