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specifying such particulars as may be prescribed by the
Bank Commissioner, who shall furnish the blanks for each
class of report. All reports required by this section shall
be signed and verified by the oath or affirmation of either
the president, vice-president or treasurer of such institu-
tion before a Notary Public or Justice of the Peace; if
before a Justice of the Peace, then such Justice shall be
certified to by the Clerk of the Circuit Court or of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, as the case may be; and
any person making oath to false statements in such report
shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction
shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for that
offense.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1, 1941.

Approved May 26, 1941.

CHAPTER 216.
(Senate Bill 203)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 24 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title
"Worcester County", sub-title "Circuit Court", said new
section to be known as Section 47A and to follow imme-
diately after Section 47 of said Article, providing for
speedy judgments in Worcester County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added
to Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Worcester County", sub-title
Circuit Court", said new section to be known as Section
47A, to follow immediately after Section 47 of said Article,
and to read as follows:

47A. In any action hereafter brought in any Circuit
Court in Worcester County arising ex contractu, if the
plaintiff or his agent shall file at the time of bringing his
action an affidavit setting out distinctly his cause of action
and the sum he claims to be due, exclusive of all set-offs
and just grounds of defense, and shall serve the defendant
with copies of his declaration and of said affidavit, he shall
be entitled to a judgment for the amount so claimed, with
interest and costs, forty days after such service unless the