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by law is filed or unless the defendant or defendants file
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court a bond with surety to
be approved by said Clerk indemnifying the plaintiff from
any loss by reason of said stay of execution.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That seven new sec-
tions be added to Article 2 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition) title "Anne Arundel County, "
sub-title "Circuit Court, " sub-heading "Speedy Judgment
Act, " said new sections to be known as 189A, 189B, 189C,
189D, 189E, 189F and 189G to follow immediately after
Section 189 and to read as follows:

189A. In any suit, when the cause of action is a con-
tract, whether in writing or not, or whether express or im-
plied, the plaintiff if affidavit or affirmation be made, as
hereinafter stated, shall be entitled to a judgment, to be
entered by the Court, on motion, in writing, at any time
after fifteen days from the return day to which the de-
fendant shall have been summoned, although the defendant
may have pleaded, unless such plea contains a good de-
fense, and unless the defendant or some one in hi£ behalf
shall, under oath or affirmation, state every plea so pleaded
by the defendant is true, and shall further state the amount
of plaintiff's demand, if anything, admitted to be due or
owing, and the amount disputed, and further, that the
affiant varily believes the defendant will be able at the trial
of the cause to produce sufficient evidence to support the
plea as to the portion disputed, and that he is advised by
counsel to file the said plea; and such plea shall be accom-
panied by a certificate of counsel that he so advised the
party making such oath or affirmation, and if the co-part-
nership or incorporation of any of the parties to the suit
shall be alleged in the declaration and the affidavit to be
filed therewith, as hereinafter provided, or if there shall
be filed with the declaration in said cause, any paper pur-
porting to be signed by any defendant therein, the fact of
such alleged co-partnership or incorporation, and the genu-
ineness of such signature shall be deemed to be admitted
for the purposes of said cause, unless the said affidavit
shall further state that the affiant knows, or has good
reason to believe such allegation of co-partnership or in-
corporation to be untrue, or that such signature was not
written by or by the authority of the person whose signa-
ture it purports to be. In case any part of the debt or
damages claimed be admitted to be due, the plaintiff shall
be entitled forthwith to an entry of judgment therefor,