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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall be exempt from county and municipal taxation; that
said bonds may be registered by the clerk of the corporation
and shall have on them a distinct reference to this Act of
Assembly authorizing same.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved March 1, 1900.

CHAPTER 28.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
forty-five of Article 63 of the Code of Public General Laws
of the State of Maryland, entitled "Mechanics' Liens."

Repealed and
re-enacted
Mechanics
Liens.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section forty-five of Article 63 of the Code of
Public General Laws of the State of Maryland, entitled
"Mechanics' Liens," be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

How to collect
Liens.

45. No person shall be entitled to a lien under the preced-
ing section unless he shall, within six months from the com-
mencement of the building, repairing, equipping or refitting
of such boat or vessel deliver to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
the county, where the building, repairing, equipping or refit-
ting was done, or the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City, if done in the City of Baltimore, an account or
statement verified by the oath of the claimant, taken and sub-
scribed before some justice of the peace or other officer author-
ized to administer an oath, setting forth the names of the
claimant and debtor; and, if the debt was not contracted by
the owner, but by his agent, the name of such agent, the name
or other certain description of the boat or vessel, and the
place where built, repaired, equipped or refitted, and the par-
ticulars or items of the claim or debt; and which account or
statement shall be redelivered by such clerk to the party filing
the same, after it has been recorded as provided in Section
forty -six.
Approved March i, 1900.

CHAPTER 29.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
six of Article 77 of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Public Education," sub-title "Formation of Boards."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section six of Article 77 of the Code of Public