ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 995

his liability for a part of the plaintiff's claim as aforesaid, the
plaintiff, if he so elect may have judgment entered in his favor
for the amount so confessed to be due. Any Judge of the Circuit
Court is hereby authorized, either in vacation or term time to
enter judgment under this section where no affidavit of defense
is filed and to hear motion for judgment and to enter judgment
thereon where insufficient affidavits are filed.

Notice shall be given at the bottom of the declaration and in
the summons in such cases where the plaintiff intends to claim
the benefits of this section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 385.

AN ACT to require the Board of County Commissioners of Cecil
County, to make out and publish monthly, a full and com-
plete statement of all claims filed for County expenses and to
repeal Chapter 139 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1912, relating to publication of Monthly State-
ments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the County Commissioners of Cecil County, be and
they are hereby required, in addition to the annual statement of
County expenditures required to be made out and published by
law, to make out, at the end of each month, a complete, perfect
and detailed statement of all claims filed with said Board of
County Commissioners for expenses incurred during said month
or previous thereto, and not heretofore filed, specifying therein
each particular item of expenses, and for what and to whom
payable, and to cause the same to be published in at least two
newspapers published in Cecil County at least ten days before
passing upon or paying said claims, in order that any taxpayer
of said County, who may desire to do so may have an oppor-
tunity to object or protest against the payment of any of such
claim or claims before the same are paid. Any taxpayer desiring
to object to the payment of any such claim or claims must file a
protest in writing with the said Board of County Commission-
ers before the expiration of said ten days, specifying the claim
or claims objected to, together with the reason for said objection,
and upon the filing of said objection, it shall be the duty of said
Board of County Commissioners to set the same down for hear-