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have the power to increase and keep up the number of its mem-

bers called trustees in its certificate of incorporation to a number

not exceeding twenty-four, by appointment of new members in

Trustees

the manner provided for the appointment of trustees or members

in its said certificate; three of whom shall be appointed to hold

office for one year, three for two years, three for three years and

three for four years from the time of appointment, but their suc-

cessors shall each be appointed for four years unless appointed to

fill an unexpired term.

Effective.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 327.

AN ACT to repeal sections six hundred and thirty-four, six hun-

dred and thirty-five, six hundred and thirty-six, six hundred

and thirty-seven, six hundred and thirty-eight, six hundred

and thirty-nine and six hundred and forty, of article four, of

the Public Local Laws, title "Baltimore city," sub-title "Land-

lord and Tenant," and to re-enact the same with amend-

ments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That sections six hundred and thirty-four, six hundred and thirty-

five, six hundred and thirty-six, six hundred and thirty-seven, six

Repeal

hundred and thirty-eight, six hundred and thirty-nine and six

hundred and forty, of article four, of the Public Local Laws,

title "Baltimore city," sub-title "Landlord and Tenant," be and

are hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 634. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That in all cases of any demise or agreement for rental, express

Rentals.

or implied, verbal or written, hereafter to be made of lands or

tenements, whether real estate or chattels real, within the limits

of the city of Baltimore, for less term than three calendar months,

the remedy of distress for rent due be and the same is hereby

taken away and altogether superseded.

SEC. 635. And be it enacted, That whenever the tenant under

Failure to

any such demise or agreement of rental, express or implied, verbal

pay rent

or written, of lands or tenements, whether real estate or chattels

real, within the limits of the city of Baltimore, shall fail to pay

the rent thereunder when due and payable, it shall be lawful for

the lessor to have again and re-possess the premises so rented.

SEC. 636. And be it enacted, That whenever any lessor shall