Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-22
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OI1A1 En- u
amendments Sections 5, 6, II, II, 18,
"a, SO, 80, A, As, 4s and So of Article
63 of the Annotated Code of Mary
Lien; to add a new section to said
Article, said new section to be known
as Section 38A and to follow imme-
diately after Section 38 of said Arti-
Gle; to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 60 of said Article,
as said section was enacted by Chap
ter 491 Of the Acts of 1887 General
SESSION. and to repeal Sections %
to 80, inclusive, Section 81, and Sec
tions 40 to 50, inclusive, of said Arti-
heretofore enforcible in equity or at
law by writ of scire facias, shall be
enforcible only in equity within two
years from the date of fling such lien
subject to the lien, Or any other per-
son interested therein, may ave the
property freed from the lien by post
ing bond and may bring proceedings
In equity within said two years to
compel the claimant to prove the va
lidity of the lien or to nave it de-
clared void.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That Sec
IS 5s9a aSd p IS ., of q Article IL: 70 81 Of Of the SSs % a., ct; ed
Code of Maryland 1924 Edition), title
Mechanics Lien,,' and Section 80 of
said Article, as said section was enacted
by Chapter 491 of the Acts of 1887 (Gen-
repealed and re-enaete si'y with amend
ments and that a new section to be
known as Section 3SA and to follow
Immediately after Section 38 of said
Article be and is hereby added to said
Article, all to read as follows:
5. The owner Of any lot or farm who
may be DESTROYS of erecting any build
ing or of contracting with any person
for the erection thereof may define in
writing the boundaries Of the lot or
building previously to the commence
ment thereof and file the same with the
clerk of the circuit court for the county,
or Of the circuit court of Baltimore City,
as the case may be, for record, and
such designation Of boundaries shall be
obligatory upon all persons concerned.
g. In default of such designation of
boundaries previous to the commence
ment of any building, it shall be law
full for the owner of such lot or piece
of ground, or for any person having a
lien upon the same by mortgage, judg-
ment or otherwise, or entitled to a lien
by virtue of this article, to apply by
petition in writing to the judge of the
cult court Of the City Of Baltimore to
designate the boundaries.
IL. If such notice can not be given
on account of absence or other causes,
the claimant or his agent may, in the
presence of a competent witness and
within sixty days, place said notice
upon the door or other front part of
said building and shall file a claim with
the clerk of the circuit court for the
county or the circuit court of Baltimore
City, as the case may be, as hereinafter
mentioned.
II. Each person entitled to such lien
shall file a claim or statement of his
demand in the Office Of the clerk of the
circuit court for the county or the cir
cult court of Baltimore City, as the
case may De, and such claim OF state
to the party fling the same after it has
been recorded al provided in section 18.
Is. The clerks Of the circuit courts
for the several counties and the circuit
cure and keep q docket or book to be
called 1.-THE mechanics lien docket" In