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effect shall be given to said sections, and the period of limitations herein
prescribed shall begin to run only from April 8, 1884.

This sectionals constitutional. Non-payment of ground-rent for twenty years vests
a fee simple title in tenant. Safe Deposit Co. v. Marburg, 110 Md. 410.

If a ground-rent of two pepper corns has not been demanded for more than twenty
years, it is extinguished. Lewis v. Kinnaird, 104 Md. 653.

As to the action of ejectment between landlord and tenant, see art. 75, sec. 78.

As to when claim to land under patent is barred by limitations, see art. 57, sec. 10.

As to disabilities, see art. 57, sec. 2, and notes.

An. Code, sec. 27. 1904, sec. 27. 1904, ch. 286, sec. 26A.

28. In all leases made after the first day of June, 1904, whenever the
improvements on property rented for a term of not more than seven years
shall become untenantable by reason of fire or other unavoidable accident,
the tenancy shall be thereby terminated, and all liability for rent there-
under shall cease upon payment proportionately to the day of fire or una-
voidable accident.

Under this section a lease is terminated by a fire which renders premises untenant-
able, provided parties have not agreed in lease to contrary; intent of this section.
Spear v. Baker, 117 Md. 573.

An. Code, sec. 28. 1904, sec. 28. 1898, ch. 92, sec. 27.

29. The right of a tenant to remove fixtures erected by him under one
demise or term shall not be lost or in any manner impaired by reason of
his acceptance of a new lease of the same premises without any intermediate
surrender of possession.

This section is applicable although first lease is made to an individual and new
tease to a corporation of which he owns substantially all the stock, where such indi-
vidual is regarded by the lessors as the lessee in each case. This section has no
application where rights of the parties accrued prior to its passage. Party to whom
tenant has assigned lease and fixtures occupies same position relative to removing
such fixtures as tenant who installed them. Rasch v. Safe Dep. & Tr. Co., 136 Md. 442.

This section apparently grew out of the decision in Carlin v. Ritter, 68 Md. 478.
See also Bauernschmidt Co. v. McColgan, 89 Md. 135.

An. Code, sec. 29. 1904, sec. 29. 1896, ch. 19, sec. 28.

30. A covenant or promise by the lessee to leave, restore, surrender or
yield up the premises in good repair shall not have the effect to bind him
to erect similar buildings or pay for such buildings as may be destroyed
by fire or otherwise without negligence or fault on his part, unless other-
wise expressly provided by written agreement or covenant that he shall be
so bound.