HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 875

18. Schools for Colored Children", be and they are hereby
repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect January 1, 1942.

Approved April 28, 1941.

CHAPTER 516.
(Senate Bill 335)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
38 of Article 16 of Flack's Annotated Code of Maryland
(T939 Edition), title "Chancery", sub-title "Divorce".

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 38 of Article 16 of Flack's Anno-
tated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Chancery", sub-title "Divorce", be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

38. The courts of equity of this State shall have juris-
diction of all applications for divorce; and any person de-
siring a divorce shall file his or her bill in the court, either
where the party plaintiff or defendant resides; or if the
party against whom the bill is filed be a non-resident, then
such bill may be filed in the court where the plaintiff re-
sides; and upon such bill the same process by summons,
notice or otherwise, shall be had to procure the answer and
appearance of a defendant, as is had in other cases in chan-
cery; and in all cases where, from the default of the de-
fendant, a bill for divorce may be taken pro confesso, the
court shall order testimony to be taken and shall decide
the case upon the testimony so taken. Provided that no
decree of divorce shall be entered against a non-resident,
unless the plaintiff shall have stated under oath in the bill
his or her knowledge and information as to the place of
residence of the defendant, including street address if
known, and if the plaintiff has no such knowledge or in-
formation, then he or she shall so state and also give the
last known address of the defendant; and the clerk of the
court shall promptly, by registered mail, send to the de-
fendant at the address, if any, disclosed in the bill a copy
of the order of publication.