314 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 185
CHAPTER 185.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 53 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Landlord
and Tenant, " to be under the sub-title "Crop Liens, " said
new section to be known as Section 24A and to follow
immediately after Section 24 of said Article, providing
for crop lien agreements, and providing for the effect
and recordation thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and the same is hereby
added to Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1924 Edition), title "Landlord and Tenant, " to be under
sub-title "Crop Liens, " said new section to be known as
Section 24A and to follow immediately after Section 24 of
said Article and to read as follows:

CROP LIENS.

24A. Whenever the Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
tion, Regional Agricultural Credit Corporations, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture of the United States, or any federal
agency, including the United States of America, now or
hereafter authorized to lend money to agricultural pro-
ducers, or any National or State bank, trust company, ag-
ricultural credit corporation, incorporated livestock loan
company, savings institution, co-operative bank, co-opera-
tive credit association, co-operative marketing association,
entitled to re-discount privileges with the Federal Inter-
mediate Credit Bank under the provisions of the Agricul-
tural Credits Act of one thousand nine hundred twenty-
three of the United States, or any person, firm or corpora-
tion, hereinafter designated as lienees, makes advances
either in money or supplies or other things of value to any
person, association, partnership or corporation engaged in
or about to engage in agricultural pursuits, such of the
lienees so making such advances shall have a lien during
such time as such advances remain unpaid on all of the
crops which may be planted or seeded or fruit crops ma-
turing upon the lands in or about the cultivation of which
the advances so made have been or were intended to be
expended, after the making of such advances until the
repayment of such advances; but such of the lienees mak-
ing such advances shall not have the benefit of a lien unless
there is an agreement in writing, signed by both parties,
in which there is specified the amount advanced, or a limit