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manner that the summons in chancery is now required by law to be
served; provided, however, that no assignment of wages or salary by
a married person shall be valid unless the same is also executed and
acknowledged as above by the assignor's wife or husband, as the
case may be.

7. Proof of service upon employer.

Proof of said service, as provided for in § 6 of this article, shall
be by an admission thereof in writing by the person, firm or corpo-
ration, his, their or its agent on the original assignment, which
admission of service shall also be entered by [said justice of the
peace] the clerk upon his docket within two days thereafter.

Section 9. And be it further enacted, That Section 1 of Article
9, Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title
"Attachments," subtitle "Attachments on Original Process," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

1. Against whom available.

A court, including the District Court within the limits of its
jurisdiction, may issue [A] an attachment on original process [may
issue] against any property or credits, whether matured or unma-
tured, belonging to the debtor upon the application of any person that
has the right to become a plaintiff in an action in this State in any of
the following instances:

(a)    Where the debtor is a nonresident individual or if a corpora-
tion, where the corporation (1) has not a resident agent, or (2) has
one or more resident agents and unsuccessful attempts have been
made on different business days to serve process either twice upon
one resident agent or once upon each of two resident agents.

(b)    Where a resident defendant after two summonses has been
returned non est to two separate return days.

(c)    Where the debtor has absconded or is about to abscond from
this State, or if an individual has removed, or is about to remove,
from his place of abode in this State with intent to defraud his
creditors.

(d)    "Where the debtor is about to assign, dispose of, conceal or
remove his property or some portion thereof from the State with
intent to defraud his creditors, or where such debtor has done any
of such acts or fraudulently contracted the debt or incurred the
obligation respecting which the action is brought.

(e)    Where an adult nonresident is entitled by descent or devise
to any land or tenement lying within this State, and the person
from whom such land or tenement descended or by whom the same
were devised was indebted to any person, an attachment may issue
against the land or tenement held by descent or devise from the
person so indebted.

Section 10. And be it further enacted, That Sections 29 and 30 of
Article 9, Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume),
title "Attachments," subtitle "Attachments by Justices," be and they
are hereby repealed.