1194 ARTICLE 4.

of the plaintiff, the mortgagee or his legal or equitable assignee, after due
notice, by summons or otherwise, as the court may direct, enter a decree
in personam against the mortgagor or other party to the suit or proceed-
ing, who is liable for the payment thereof, for the amount of such defi-
ciency; provided the mortgagee or his legal or equitable assignee would
be entitled to maintain an action at law upon the covenants contained in
the mortgage for said residue of said mortgage debt so remaining unpaid
and unsatisfied by the proceeds of such sale or sales; which decree shall
have the same effect and be a lien as in a case of a judgment at law, and
may be enforced in like manner by a writ of execution in the nature of
a writ of fieri facias by attachment or otherwise.

McLaughlin v. McGee, 131 Md. 156. Owens v. Graetzel, 146 Md. 361. Kushnick
v. Bldg. Ass'n, 153 Md. 685.

1864, ch. 124. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 704.

732. The provisions of sections 722 to 729, inclusive, of this Article,,
shall apply to all the proceedings under Section 731.

Owens v. Graetzel, 146 Md. 361. Kushnick v. Bldg. Ass'n, 153 Md. 685.

1910, ch. 157.

732A. Any affidavit, affirmation or acknowledgment mentioned in the
preceding sections of this Article relating to mortgages, or incidental to
any proceedings thereunder, may be made before a notary public.

1914, ch. 587. 1929, ch. 279.

732B. MUNICIPAL LIENS. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
may establish a sub-department or bureau where the record of all munic-
ipal charges and assessments of every character may be kept, and may
provide for the issuance of a certificate stating whether any, and if so
what, municipal charges or assessments exist against any particular prop-
erty, and for making a reasonable charge for such certificate. Said cer-
tificate shall show all charges and assessments of every character due the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore including state and city taxes and
special paving tax, water rent, street benefit assessments, minor privilege
charges, charges for street, alley and footway paving, sewerage connec-
tions, nuisance abatements and other charges, which said charges and
assessments shall be liens against the property affected until paid. The1
above enumeration of charges and assessments shall not be construed as
exclusive of other charges and assessments not herein enumerated which
may have been or may hereafter be authorized and imposed, all of which
shall be liens from the time of their imposition as hereinabove provided;
provided that no charge shall be a lien against any property after the
issuance of a lien certificate respecting such property unless such charge
is shown on such lieu certificate.

Pursuant to the authority of this section, the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, by Ordinance No. 765. approved July 7. 1926, has provided for the issuance
of lien certificates, and fixing the charge therefor.