2. At the hearing of every ejectment proceeding for non-payment of rent, the chief clerk shall enter in the ejectment book the sum of money ascertained to be due and owing for rent, and the time up to which the same is due and the chief clerk, before he signs his name to such decree, shall compare with such entry the statement in the decree in such ejectment of the amount of rent so ascertained to be due; and the clerk shall certify on such decree the amount of rent so ascertained, and the date up to which the same is due.