1466 MECHANICS' LIEN. [ART. 63

1904, art. 63, sec. 27. 1888, art. 63, sec. 27. 1860, art. 61, sec. 27. 1838, ch. 205,
sec. 15. 1845, ch. 287, sec. 10.

27. No scire facias on such claim shall be issued in the city of Bal-
timore within fifteen days nor in any county within thirty days from the
return day of such writ.

Ibid. sec. 28. 18S8, art. 63, sec. 28. 1860, art. 61, sec. 28.
1838, ch. 205, sec. 17.

28. The said writ shall be served in the same manner as other writs
of scire facias upon the defendant therein named, if he can be found
within the city or county, and a copy thereof shall be left with some
person residing in the building, but if not occupied as a residence the
sheriff shall affix a copy thereof upon the door or other front part of such
building.

Where the sci. fa. is Issued against certain parties only, and the notice
required by section 29 Is not given, the judgments recovered can not affect
the rights of third persons having liens. McKim v. Mason, 3 Md. Ch. 210.

This section must be strictly complied with by the sheriff, and his return
must show a full compliance. Plummer v. Bckenrode, 50 Md. 232.

Ibid. sec. 29. 1888, art 63, sec. 29. 1860, art. 61, sec. 29. 1838, ch. 205,
sec. 17. 1845, ch. 287, sec. 9.

29. The sheriff shall also give notice thereof to all other claimants
and persons interested by advertisement, specifying in such notice the
name of the claimant or person filing the lien, the name of the owner
or supposed owner of the building and the name of the contractor, if
any, at whose instance the work was done or materials furnished, the
amount claimed to be due, the locality of the building against which the
lien has been filed, such as a building fronting on a named street in the
city of Baltimore, or a building situated on a farm in a named county
occupied by a named person, or such general description of locality as
may appear to the said sheriff to be sufficient, and the sheriff of Balti-
more city, when the writ is directed to him, shall publish the said notice
in two daily newspapers published in the city of Baltimore, the first
notice to be published at least ten days before the return day of the writ
and shall continue the same once or twice or thrice a week as he may
think proper, the expense of publication in each newspaper not to exceed
five dollars, and the sheriff of any county shall publish the said notice
in two newspapers published in such county, if there be two, and if not,
in such newspaper as may be there published, and if none, in such news-
paper or newspapers as he may think proper, the first of said publica-
tions to be inserted at least three weeks before the return day of the
writ and the expense of publication not to exceed ten dollars.

Cited but not construed in Plummer v. Bckenrode, 50 Md. 233; Thomas v.
Barber, 10 Md. 389.
See notes to sec. 28.

Ibid. sec. 30. 1888, art 63, sec. 30. 1860, art. 61, sec. 30.
1845, ch. 287, sec. 11.

30. In all cases where one claim has been filed by one person for
work done or materials furnished, or both, for distinct buildings, it