Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-12-17
CHAPTER 40.

AN ACT TO repeal and re-enaet with
amendments. sections four and SIX
of Article fifty-three of the Code
of Public General Laws, eHtiaed
Landlord and Tenant sub title
Tenant Holding Over" as sid Sec
tons were amended by thesA6 of
eighteen hundred and eighty fwo.
chapter three hunlred and fift Give.
SECTION /. 81 IL enacted by the General
assembly Of Maryland. That sections
four and six of Article tifty-three of
the Code of Public General Laws. title
Landlord and Tenant subtitle
Tenant Hold.ng Over,T (as amended
by the Act of eighteen hundred and
eighty-two, chapter eehundred and
tifty-five,l BE- and are hereby repealed
and re-enaeied to read as follows:
4~If upon hearing. the said parties.
orsln case the tenant or person In pos
session, shall neglect to appear after
the summons and continuance A. afore-
said. proof thereof being made. Il
shall appear 10 the justice, and be by
him 50 found that the sand lessor had
been IN possession of the sand premises
so leased or demiscd. that the said
pred. that due notice 10 gult a. aforc-
said. had been given 10 said tenant or
person IN possession. and that he or
they had refused 50 70 do, the Justice
shall thereupoa give judgment for the
restitution of the possession of said
premises. and shall forthwith Issue his
warrant to the Sheriff commautin.
him forthwith To deliver To- the lessor.
his or her heirs. executors. admlulstra-
tors or assigns possession thereof in as
full and ample manner a the lessor
was possessed of the same at the time
when the leasing or letting was made,
and shall give Judgment for costs
against the tenant or person in pos
session So holding over: any tenant
who shall feel himself or herself
aggrieved by such judgment OF said
justice shall have the right OF appeal
| theretroIu to the Circuit Court OF the
county or City Court of Baltimore
city. upon giving notice of his or her
desire 50 to appeal within ten days
from the rendition of said Judgments:
| and II said defendant shall file with
sand justice. to be 10y him transmitted
with the papers IN SAID ease TO said
court. and sufficient bond with one or
more securities, conditioned that he
or they wlllprosecute sand appeal, and
well and trul Y pay all rent III arrear,
| and all rent which shall accrue pend
| ing the determination of said appeal,
then the tenant or person III posses
sion OF SAID premises may retain pos
| session thereof until the termination
i OF sand appeal: and in ease the judg-
ment OF said justice shall be affirmed
a warrant as aforesaid. shall be issued
tc the Sheriff by the court so deter
mining the same, who shall proceed
forthwith to execute the same; if the
judgment Of the justice shall be
| against the lessor he shall have the
| right OF appeal at any time within ten
days after SAID Judgment shall have
been rendered. and the court To which
such appeal Is taken shall review said
| cause and render such Judgment as
the justice ought To have rendered.
and If the judgment of said court
shall be III favor of the lessor, it shall
issue warrant to the Sheriff for the
| restitution of the possession of said
premises as hereirbcfore provided.
=. 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; pro-
| vIded, that IN cases Of tenancies from
year to year, notice in writing shall
be given six months before the expira-
ton of the current year, and i'll
monthly or weekly tenancies 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 inure to
the heirs, executors, administrators or
assigns of the owner of such estate, as
the case may be, in case of removal of