1634                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 751

cate of registration shall be issued under the signature of the Secre-
tary of State and the seal of the State, and it shall show the name
and business and address, if a corporation, the state of incorporation,
of the person claiming ownership of the [trade-mark] mark, the date
claimed for the first use of the [trade-mark] mark anywhere and
the date claimed for the first use of the [trade-mark] mark in this
State, the class of goods or services and a description of the goods
OR SERVICE on which the [trade-mark] mark is used, a reproduc-
tion of the [trade-mark] mark, the registration date and the term of
the registration.

(b) Any certificate of registration issued by the Secretary of
State under the provisions hereof or a copy thereof duly certified by
the Secretary of State shall be admissible in evidence as competent
and sufficient proof of the registration of such [trade-mark] mark
in any action or judicial proceedings in any court of this State.

94.

(a)    Registration of a [trade-mark] mark hereunder shall be
effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration and,
upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of
such term, on a form to be furnished by the Secretary of State,
the registration may be renewed for a like term. A renewal fee of
five dollars ($5.00), payable to the Secretary of State, shall accom-
pany the application for renewal of the registration.

(b)    A [trade-mark] mark registration may be renewed for
successive periods of ten years in like manner.

(c)    The Secretary of State shall notify registrants of [trade-
marks] marks hereunder of the necessity of renewal within the
year next preceding the expiration of the ten years from the date
of registration by writing to the last known address of the regis-
trants.

(e)    The Secretary of State shall within six months after June 1,
1954, notify all registrants of [trade-marks] marks under previous
acts of the date of expiration of such registrations unless renewed
in accordance with the provisions of this subheading by writing to
the last known address of the registrants.

(f)    All applications for renewals under this subheading, whether
of registrations made under this subheading or of registrations ef-
fected under any prior act, shall include a statement that the mark
is still in use in this State.

95.

Any [trade-mark] mark and its registration hereunder shall be
assignable with the good will of the business in which the [trade-
mark] mark is used, or with that part of the good will of the
business connected with the use of and symbolized by the [trade-
mark] mark. Assignment shall be by instruments in writing duly
executed and may be recorded with the Secretary of State upon
the payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00) payable to the Secretary
of State who, upon recording of the assignment, shall issue in the
name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the
term of the registration or of the last renewal thereof. An assign-