320                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 2

Art. 35, §51. The only changes made are in
style.

SEC. 10-506. UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION.

THIS SUBTITLE SHALL BE INTERPRETED AND CONSTRUED
TO EFFECTUATE ITS GENERAL PURPOSE TO MAKE UNIFORM THE
LAW OF THOSE STATES WHICH ENACT IT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 35, §52. The only changes made are in
style.

SEC. 10-507. SHORT TITLE.

THIS SUBTITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE UNIFORM JUDICIAL
NOTICE OF FOREIGN LAW ACT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 35, §53. This subtitle contains the
Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act,
9A U.L. A. 553 (1936). It was enacted by Ch.
131 of the Acts of 1939. Since its approval
by the National Conference, it is enacted in
28 states and territories.

SUBTITLE 6. PROOF OF FOREIGN DEBT.
SEC. 10-601. METHOD OF PROOF.

A DEBT OF RECORD ENTERED IN A COURT LOCATED IN THE
UNITED STATES OR IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY MAY BE PROVED BY
AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF ALL OF THE RECORD UNDER THE
SEAL OF THE CUSTODIAN AND THE COURT OR OFFICE WHERE
THE RECORD WAS MADE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language
derived from Art. 35, §38.

The structure of this section is rearranged
in order to modernize it and make this
statute, which was enacted in 1785, easier to
understand. As far as substance is
concerned, this section, while not in
conflict with the Uniform Foreign
Money—Judgments Recognition Acts (Art. 35, §§
53A - 531; 1963) could be considered to be
superfluous and should therefore be repealed.
The word "exemplification" is changed to
"official transcript" on the authority of
Black's Law Dictionary. The word "all" is