EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Section 3 of Chapter 419 of the Acts of the Gen-

eral Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January Session,

1892, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, and

that two additional sections be added to said Act; said Sec-

tion 3, as amended, and said Sections 3A and 36, to read as

follows:

3. Whenever the owner or agent of an owner or owners of

any stallion shall have complied with the foregoing provisions

Service of
stallions.

of this Act, the services of such stallion shall become a lien

on each mare served, together with the foal resulting from

such service, for the amount agreed upon between the owner

of the mare and the owner of the stallion at the time of the

service, or in the event of no such agreement, then in such an

amount as is specified for the service of such stallion in the

statement hereinbefore required to be filed with the clerks of

courts of the respective counties or of Baltimore City.

3A. That any person entitled to a lien under this Act shall

file a claim or statement of the same in the office of the clerk

Liens for
service.

of the court for the county where the owner of the mare re-

sides, or if such owner is a resident of Baltimore City, then said

lien shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Superior

Court for Baltimore City; provided, that the statement of

said lien shall be filed within twelve months from the date of

the service of the mare for which the lien is claimed, and that

the lien shall terminate at the end of six months from the date

of the filing of the same; and for the proper recording of said

liens the Clerks of the Circuit Courts for the several counties.

and the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City shall

keep a docket, to be called the "Stallion Lien Docket, " in which

shall be recorded all liens filed in their respective counties or

city.

36. That the proceedings to recover the amount of any

lien filed under this Act shall be by the writ of "scire facias, "

To recover
amount of

and where the amount of the lien is less than one hundred dol-

lien.

lars, such writ of "scire facias" may be issued by any Justice

of the Peace of the county or city where the lien is recorded.

upon a certified copy thereof, and shall be returnable before

the Justice of the Peace issuing the same.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 9, 1904.