1312 LANDLOBD AND TENANT. [ART. 55

1904, art. 53, sec. 21. 1888, art. 53, sec. 21. 1860, art. 53, sec. 21.
1834, ch. 192, sec. 4.

21. Whenever any landlord shall give notice of rent due to the
sheriff or constable who may be about to sell the goods and chattels of
his tenant under execution there shall be appended to said notice an
affidavit of the amount of his rent claimed to be due.

The landlord may assert his claim by motion for an order directing the
sheriff to pay his claim out of the proceeds of sale. The landlord is only
entitled to the rent due prior to the execution. What Is sufficient notice?
Washington v. Williamson, 23 Md, 251.

The landlord's quasi lien attaches to the funds In the hands of the sheriff
who has sold by virtue of an attachment. Thomson v. Baltimore, etc., Co.,
33 Md. 319. Wanamaker v. Bowes, 36 Md. 59.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1888, art 53, sec. 22. 1868, ch. 292.

22. In all cases of renting lands wherein a share of the growing
crop or crops shall be reserved as rent, said rent reserved shall be a lien
on such crop or crops which shall not be divested by any sale made
thereof by the tenant, or by the assignment of the tenant in bankruptcy
or insolvency, or by process of law issued against the tenant.

This section held to have been repealed save as to certain counties—see
section 23. Hopper v. Haines, 71 Md. 64.

Ibid. sec. 23. 1888, art. 53, sec. 23. 1868, ch. 292. 1870, ch. 279.
1876, ch. 384. 1884, ch. 67. 1886, ch .182.

23. In all cases of renting land wherein a share of the growing crop
or crops shall be reserved as rent, or wherein advances by the landlord
have been made upon the faith of the crops to be grown, said rent
reserved and such advances made shall be a lien on such crop or crops,
which shall not be divested by any sale made thereof by the tenant, or
by any administrator of a deceased tenant, or by the assignment of
the tenant in insolvency, or by process of law issued against the tenant;
provided, that at the time of the said renting, the contract under and
by which the said advances are made shall be reduced to writing, duly
attested and executed by the said landlord and tenant. The provisions
of this section shall only apply to the counties of St. Mary's, Prince
George's, Charles, Calvert and Worcester.

History and intent of this section. The act of 1870, ch. 279, repealed,
amended and re-enacted the act of 1868, ch. 292. Hopper v. Haines, 71
Md. 69.

Ibid. sec. 24. 1888, art. 53, sec. 24. 1884, ch. 485. 1888, ch. 395.
1900, ch. 207.

24. All leases or sub-leases of land made in this State between
the 8th day of April, 1884, and the 5th day of April, 1888, for a longer
period than fifteen years, shall be redeemable at any time after the
expiration of fifteen years, at the option of the tenant, for a sum of
money equal to the capitalization of the rent reserved at the rate of
six per centum in gold coin of the United States, or its equivalent,
unless some other sum not exceeding four per cent, capitalization of
said rent in said coin shall be specified in said lease, in which event