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to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, if the
County Commissioners deem it desirable in any case, said
notice, advertisement or publication may be published in
more than one newspaper. All contracts and bills for
publishing legal notices, county printing, advertisements
or publications in newspapers shall be approved by the
said County Commissioners before payment, but in no case
shall a bill be approved or be paid where the rate charged
is in excess of the current rate for legal advertising. Noth-
ing in this section shall apply to notices required to be
published by order of Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws, whether Public General or Public Local Laws, in-
consistent with the provisions of this Act, be and they are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 4, 1943.

CHAPTER 842.
(Senate Bill 453)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
7 of Article 53 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, (1939 Edition), title "Landlord and Tenant",
sub-title "Tenants Holding Over", providing for tenan-
cies, notices and proceedings between landlord and ten-
ant, and providing for proceedings under a writ of
certiorari.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 7 of Article 53 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Landlord and Ten-
ant", sub-title ""Tenants Holding Over", be repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

7. The provisions of the preceding sections shall apply
to all cases of tenancies from year to year, tenancies by the
month and by the week; provided, that in case of tenancies
from year to year in the counties, a notice in writing shall
be given three months before the expiration of the
current year of the tenancy; and in monthly or weekly
tenancies, a notice in writing of one month or one week, as