360 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 215

municipal charges and assessments of every character
may be kept, and the issuance of certificates showing
what, if any, municipal charges or liens are against any
particular property; and providing for the establishment
of tax lien records in the said sub-department.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 732B of Article IV of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Bal-
timore City, " sub-title "Municipal Liens, " be and the same
is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new sub-
section be and the same is hereby added to Section 6 of
Article IV of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1930 Edition), title "Baltimore City, " said new sub-
section to be known as Sub-section 15AA, title "Municipal
Liens, " and to follow immediately after Sub-section 15A,
title "Municipal Ferry, " and to read as follows:

15AA—MUNICIPAL LIENS. To establish a sub-de-
partment of the Bureau of Receipts where the record of
all municipal charges and assessments of every character
may be kept and to provide for the issuance of a certificate
stating whether any, and, if so, what, municipal charges
or assessments exist against any particular property, and
for making a reasonable charge for such certificate. Said
certificate shall show all charges and assessments of every
character due the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
including State and City taxes and special paving tax,
water rent, street benefit assessments, minor privilege
charges, charges for street, alley and footway paving, sew-
erage connections, nuisance abatements and other charges,
all of which said charges and assessments shall be liens
against the property affected until paid.

The above enumeration of charges and assessments shall
not be construed as exclusive of other charges and assess-
ments not herein enumerated which may have been or may
hereafter be authorized and imposed, all of which shall be
liens from the time of their imposition as hereinabove pro-
vided; provided that no charge shall be a lien against any
property after the issuance of a lien certificate respecting
such property unless such charge is shown on such lien
certificate.

The said sub-department or bureau shall maintain at all
times a book or books, to be known as "Tax Lien Record, "