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be given six (6) 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 the case may
be, shall be so given; and the same proceedings shall apply,
so far as may be, to cases of forcible entry and detainer; and
the benefit of all such proceedings shall enure to the heirs,
executors, administrators, or assigns of the owner of such
estate as the case may be. In case of removal of such proceed-
ings under a writ of certiorari, a sufficient record thereof shall
be the original papers with a copy of the judgment and entries
by the justice under his hand and seal. This section, so far as
the same relates to notices, shall not apply to Baltimore City.
Nothing contained in the laws relating to landlord and tenant
contracts, shall be construed as preventing the parties to any
such contract, by agreement in writing, from substituting a
longer or shorter notice to quit than heretofore required or to
waive all such notice, provided the property to which such
contract pertains is located in any special taxing area, or in-
corporated town of Montgomery County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved February 16, 1945.

CHAPTER 101.
(Senate Bill 117)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
1 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Ed. ) title "Clerks of Courts, " sub-title "General
Duties of Clerks, " relating to the use of printed forms
in entries and records.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Ed. ), title "Clerks of Courts, " sub-title
"General Duties of Clerks, " be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as
follows:

1. Every clerk shall have the custody of the books and
papers pertaining to his office, and shall carefully keep
and preserve the same; he shall file all papers delivered to
him to be filed, and shall record all judgments, decrees,