Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-06-07
CHAPTER NO. 265
a BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT to add six new sections to
Article 9 of the Annotated Code Of
Maryland G924 Edition.. title
Attachments" subtitle Attach
ments Of Wages or Hire" said new
sections to be known as Section 33A
to 33F, both inclusive, and to follow
Immediately after Section 33 of said
Article, relating to the attachment
of wages, salaries and /or commits
sions for the payment of judgments
for groceries and food supplies I'M
der certain conditions.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the
General Assembly Of Maryland, That
six new sections be and they are here
by added to Article 8 of the Ammo
tated Code of Maryland (1924 Edi-
tion), title Attachments" subtitle
Attachments of Wages or Hire" said
new sections to be known as Sections
33A to 33F, 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 Justice of the Peace or a
Court Of competent Jurisdiction to
bind ten per centum (104) 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.
3SC. Should an attachment be is
sued to bind the salary, wages or
commissions as aforesaid, no subse-
quent attachment shall take effect
until such preceding attachment shall
have been satisfied.
33D. 1t shall not be necessary
that more than one writ of garnish-
ment or one set of interrogatories be
served on the garnishee in such cases,
but the Court shall render judgment
providing for the monthly, semi
monthly, weekly or daily payments to
be made TO the selling creditor, &C
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
for evidence affecting the proper con-
tinuance of such judgment, and the
Court shall retain Jurisdiction &c
amend or set aside its judgment al
any time in its discretion, and should
judgment by default be taken agains
any party garnishee, such party gar.
nishee may obtain a re-opening Of
the case upon proper showing anC
within the discretion of the Court.
S3E. The interrogatories to b.
served upon the garnishee shall in
clude a question or questions, the
answer to which shall inform tn,
Court as to whether or not the de
PENDANT or defendants in the suit
employed by the garnishee. and
| so what his, her or their rate of com
| pensation is, in what manner II 1
paid, and whether or not there ar
other judgments on garnishments af
| fecting such wage, salary or com
| pensation, and II so. the statu
| thereof
S3F. The provisions of Section
33A to 33E, exclusive. of this Articl
shall be available only to the actuo
bona fide holder of a judgment pro
cured by the actual vendor of groC
cries. foodstuffs. meats, provisions an
other food supplies. or his or he
heirs or personal representatives. an
not to the assignee of any such ven
dor.
SEC. 2. And be II further enacted
That this Act shall take effect Jun
1, 1929.
Approved April IL. 1929.