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such stallion will serve. Upon filing such statement, the clerk
of the circuit court for the county, or of the court of common
pleas of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall issue a certificate
or license to the owner or owners, agent or agents having the
custody and control of such stallion that such a statement has
been filed in his office; the owners, or agent or agents of the
owners of such stallion shall then post a written or printed
copy of the statement so filed with such clerk, in a conspicuous
place in each locality in which said stallion shall be kept for
service.

1892, ch. 419, sec. 2.

178. Every owner or agent who shall proclaim or publish a
false or fraudulent pedigree or record, or statement of any kind
regarding any stallion or who shall neglect or refuse to comply
with the provisions of section 177 shall forfeit all fees for the
services of such stallion, and the person or persons who may
be deceived or defrauded by such false or fraudulent pedigree
or record or statement may sue for and recover in any court of
competent jurisdiction such damages as may be shown to have
been sustained by reason of such false and fraudulent repre-
sentation.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1904, ch. 54.

179. Whenever the owner or agent of an owner or owners
of any stallion shall have complied with the foregoing provi-
sions of this sub-title, the services of such stallion shall
become a lien on each more served, together with the foal
resulting from such service, for the amount agreed upon
between the owner of the mare and the owner of the stallion
at the time of the service, or in the event of no such agree-
ment, then in such an amount as is specified for the service of
such stallion in the statement hereinbefore required to be filed
with the clerks of courts of the respective counties or of
Baltimore city.

1904, ch. 54, sec 3A.

180. Any person entitled to a lien under this sub-title,
shall file a claim or statement of the same in the office of the
clerk of the court for the county where the owner of the mare
resides, or if such owner is a resident of Baltimore city, then
said lien shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior
court of Baltimore city; provided, that the statement of said
lien shall be filed within twelve months from the date of the
service of the stallion for which the lien is claimed, and that the
lien shall terminate at the end of six months from the date of