The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-06-14
CHAPTER NO. 265
A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT to add six new sections to
Article 8 of the Annotated Code OF
Maryland (1924 Edition., little
attachments" subtitle Attach
ments of Wages or Hire said new
sections to be known as Section 33A
to ssF. both inclusive, and to follow
Immediately after Section 3S of said
Article, relating to the attachment
of wages, salaries and/or commits
sions for the payment of judgments
for groceries and food supplies un-
der certain conditions.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland. That
six new sections be and they are here
by added to Article of the Ammo
tated Code Of Maryland l1s24 Edi-
tion). title attachments" subtitle
Attachments of Wages or Hire" said
new sections to be known as Sections
/ 33A to SAT-. both inclusive, to follow
Immediately after Section 33 Of said
Article, and to read as follows:
33A. The provisions of the afore-
going Section 33 of this Article shall
not apply to judgments entered for
groceries, foodstuffs, meats. provisions
and other food supplies. for the
household use of the defendant or
defendants. his, her or their family
and for the boarders or guests of the
defendant or defendants.
33B. The holder of judgment for
groceries, food-stuffs. meats, pro-
visions and other food supplies for
the household use of the defendant
or defendants, his, her or their FAM
lily, or for his, her or their boarders
or guests, may have an attachment
issued by a Justice of the Peace or a
Court. of competent jurisdiction to
bind ten per centum (10Go) of the
salary, wages or commissions of the
debtor, due or as the salary, wages
or commission shall become due un-
til the Judgment shall have been
satisfied.
33C. Should an attachment be is
sued to bind the salary, wages OF
commissions as aforesaid, no subse-
quent attachment shall take effect
until such preceding attachment shall
have been satisfied.
33D. II shall not be necessary
that more than one writ of garnish.
ment or one set of heterogeneous be
served on the garnishee in such cases
but the Court shall render judgment
providing for the monthly, semi
monthly, weekly or daily payments tc
be made to the selling creditor, ac-
cording to the manner best suited to
the circumstances, until the indebted
ness is paid: but the Court in its
discretion, may reopen the case upon
the motion of any party concerned
for evidence affecting the proper con-
tinuance of such judgment. and the
Court shall retain jurisdiction to
amend or set aside its judgment al
any time in its discretion, and should
judgment by default be taken against
any party garnishee, such party gar
niShee may obtain a re-opening OF
the case upon proper showing and
within the discretion of the Court.
33E. The interrogatories to be
served upon the garnishee shall in
clude a question or questions, the
answer to which shall inform the
Court as to whether or not the de-
PENDANT or defendants in the suit is
employed by the garnishee, and il
SO what his, her or their rate of COM
pensation is, in what manner 1t is
paid, and whether or not there are
other judgments on garnishments af-
fecting such wage, salary or COM
pensation, and if so, the status
thereof.
ssF. The provisions of Sections
33A to 33E, exclusive, of this Article
shall be available only to the actual
bona fide holder of judgment pro-
cured by the actual vendor of groc-
cries. foodstuffs, meats. provisions and
other food supplies, or his or her
heirs or personal representatives, and
not to the assignee of any such ven
dor.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted
That this Act shall take effect June
/, 1929.
Approved April II, 1929.