ART. 71] LIEN UPON BAGGAGE OF BOARDERS. 1551

lecting the said debt after the same shall have been, due for a period of
fifteen days may sell such baggage or other property for cash at public
sale, upon giving notice of the time, place and terms of sale by adver-
tisement published at least twice in one or more newspapers published
in the city or county wherein the said hotel, inn or ordinary is situated,
the first publication to be not less than ten days before such sale, and
the proceeds of sale to be applied, after payment of expenses, to the
discharge of such indebtedness, and the balance, if any, to be paid over
to the person or persons entitled thereto.

1904, art. 71, sec. 8. 1892, ch. 590, sec. 1.

8. Any person taking boarders or lodgers into his house and renting
to them a room or furnishing them with board or both shall have a lien
upon any personal effects, goods or furniture brought upon the premises
in pursuance of such contracting for room or board, and it shall be lawful
to take and retain possession of the same until such board or lodging
shall have been fully paid for whether due or not; and such personal
effects, goods and furniture, may be sold, upon reasonable notice of not
less than ten days after the debt for such board or lodging shall have
become due and payable, at either public or private sale to satisfy such
debt, the proceeds after paying expenses of such sale to be applied in
liquidation of such indebtedness, and the balance if any paid over to
such debtor.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1892, ch. 590, sec. 2.

9. A married woman may as landlady and proprietress contract
with any one entering her house for board or lodging or both, and have
and pursue the legal remedies given in section 8 the same as if she were
a feme sole, and shall further have and enjoy all the powers, rights and
remedies with respect to the renting, keeping and conducting of such
boarding or lodging house as if she were a feme sole, and it shall not
be necessary for her husband to join in any contract with reference
thereto.

Cited but not construed in Lyell v. Walbach, 113 Md. 578.