The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-30
CHAPTER No. is5

AN ACT to add new section to Article So of
the Annotated Code of Maryland Q924 Edi-
tion), title Landlord and Tenant, to be
under. the subtitle Crop Liens said new
section to be known as Section 24A and to
follow Immediately after Section "a of said
Article, providing for crop lien agreements,
and providing for the effect and recordaton
thereof.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That a new section be
and the is hereby added to Article So of
the Annotated Code of Maryland .(1924 Edi-
tion), title Landlord and Tenant" to be under
known as Section 24A and to follow imme-
diately after Section "a of said Article and to
read as follows: 4
CRop LIENS
24A Whenever the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Regional Agricultural Credit Cor
poratons. the Secretary of Agriculture of the
United States, any federal agency, including
the United States of America, now or hereafter
authorized to lend money to agricultural pro-
ducers, or any National or State bank. trust
company, agricultural credit corporation. incor-
porated livestock loan company, savings institu-
tion cooperative bank, cooperative credit as
ISOLATION, cooperative marketing association, en-,
titled to re-dscount privileges with the Federa al
intermediate Credit Bank under the provisions
of the Agricultural Credits Act of one thousand
nine hundred twenty-three of the United States,
or any person, firm or corporation, hereinafter
designated as lieness, makes advances either in
money supplies or other things of value to
any person, association, partnership or corpora
ton engaged in or about to engage IN agricul-
tural pursuits, such of the licences making
such advances shall have lien during such
time such advances remain unpaid on all of
the crops which may be planted or seeded or
fruit,crops maturing upon the lands in or about
the cultivation of which the advances SO made
have been or were intended to be expended, after
the making of such advances until the repay
Inent of such advances; but such of the licences
r1.alI ha.,a he
of a lien unless there is an agreement in writing,
signed by both parties, in which there is speci
fled the amount advanced, limit to be
fixed, beyond which any advances, made iron,
time to time, within one year from the date OF
the agreement, shall not go, and the said agree
ment shall contain brief description of the land
so cultivated or to be cultivated; and said
agreement shall be acknowledged in the same
manner as chatte mortgages and shall not be
valid except as between the parties unless such of
the licences making the advances or its agent
shall make affidavit that the consideration in
said agreement is true and bona fide as therein
set forth and the said agreement may be re-
corded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for the county in which the land upon
which said crops shall be planted or intended to
he planted is situate; and ii said land lies IN
more than one county, then said agreement may
be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for each of the counties in which
said land lies; and the respective clerks in whose
Offices shall be filed all such agreements, shall
record and properly index the same in a we'll
bound book to be used for that purpose, and
when so recorded, the same shall be deemed
sufficient to give constructive notice of said lien
to all persons, including purchasers of said crops
and creditors, OF said lienor. and for such re-
cordation said clerk shall be entitled to charge
and receive for recording each crop lien agree
tnent fee of not more than one (Sl.00) dollar;
provided, however, that the liens given to
landlords under Section "a of this Article or
under any existing law, shall not be effected by
this section; and provided further that in the
event of sale, under a mortgage or deed of
/. trust executed and recorded after the effective
date hereof. of the land upon which any such
crop has been so seeded andfor may be growing
and before said crop has been gathered har-
vested, such sale shall be made subject to the
said crop lien, and the rights of the liense shall
be protected in the. and to the
same extept as tine rights OF the debtor would
be protected under, analogous circumstances
under the provisions OF Sections 20, 81 and %
of Article 66 OF the Annotated Code of Mary
land.
For the purpose .of showing the release Of any
crop lien agreement. the receipt of the lienee
making the advances evid>ncing the payment of
same by the borrower ienor shall. on pre-
sentation, be recorded by the clerk of the court
where the said agreement is recorded s
Sec. 2. AHd be it farther enacted. That in
so far as the provisions of this Act may con-
hict with other Acts or parts thereof, the pro-