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implied, of the owner. If the aircraft is leased at the time of
injury to person or property both owner and lessee shall be
prima facie liable, and they may be sued jointly, or either or
both of them may be sued separately. The presumption of
liability on the part of the owner, or of the owner and lessee,
as the case may be, may be rebutted by proof that the injury
was not caused by negligence on the part of such owner or
lessee, or of any person operating such aircraft with the per-
mission of the owner or lessee, or of any person maintaining
or repairing such aircraft with the permission of the owner or
lessee. An aeronaut who is not the owner or lessee shall be
liable only for the consequences of his own negligence. The
injured person, or owner or bailee of the injured property,
shall have a lien on the aircraft causing the injury to the
extent of the damage caused by the aircraft or objects falling
from it, provided said injured person, or owner or bailee of
the injured property registers and records in the office of the
State Aviation Commission a sworn notice of said lien within
thirty days from said injury, setting forth in detail the injury
or damage caused. Every such notice of a lien not so recorded
shall be void against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees
in good faith, without notice, which lien shall be terminated
upon rebuttal of the prima facie liability by the owner or
lessee of the aircraft.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1937.

Approved May 18, 1937.

CHAPTER 529.

AN ACT to add seven new additional sections to Article 53
of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland
(1935 Supplement), title "Landlord and Tenant", sub-title
"Distress for Rent", to be known as Sections 24A, 24B, 24C,
24D, 24E, 24P and 24G, and to follow immediately after
Section 24 of said Article, providing for the abolition of
the right of distress in certain cases and further providing
for the summary ejection of tenants in certain cases and the
method and procedure thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That seven new additional sections be and they are here-
by added to Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Landlord
and Tenant", sub-title "Distress for Rent", said new sections