In any suit now pending, or hereafter to depend, in any court in the City of Baltimore, wherein a transcript of the record of any cause in any other court in the City of Baltimore might be offered in evidence, it shall be sufficient to produce the docket entries and original papers and proceedings in said last-mentioned cause, or the record book in which the same have been recorded, if required by law to be recorded, and actually recorded, and offer the same in evidence; and the same, when so produced and offered in evidence, shall have the same effect, to all intents and purposes, as a transcript of the record thereof, under the seal of the court wherein the same are; and such production may be had by any party to a suit upon a subpoena duces tecum issued to the clerk of the court where such docket entries, original papers and proceedings may be. P.L.L., 1888, §239 1915, §388 1927, §388 1930, §388 1938, §505 1949, §308 1969, §2-1 1884, ch. 23 1898, ch. 123, §388