986 MECHANICS' LIEN. [ART. 63.

P. G. L, (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
Baltimore within fifteen days, nor in any county within thirty
days from the return day of such writ.

Ibid sec. 28. 1838, ch. 205, sec 16.

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 occu-
pied as a residence, the sheriff shall affix a copy thereof upon the
door or other front part of such building.

Plummer v. Eckenrode, 50 Md. 233.

Ibid sec 29 1838, ch. 205, sec. 17. 1845, ch. 2S7, sec. 9.

29. The sheriff shall also give notice thereof to all other claim-
ants 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 build-
ing 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 ap-
pear to the said sheriff to be sufficient; and the sheriff of Baltimore
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 newspaper or newspapers as
he may think proper; the first of said publications to be inserted
at least three weeks before the return day of the writ, and the
expense of publication not to exceed ten dollars.

McKim v.Mason, 3 Md. Ch. 186. Denmead v. Bank of Balto., 9 Md. 179.,
Plummer v. Eckenrode, 50 Md. 233.