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STATE OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 431

conrtrued that no one point thereof shall be as a greater
distance than the from the nearest point of the present
corporate limits or boundary of the city of Baltimore. And
The Hazard Wharf Company, aforesaid, is hereby authorized
to acquire by condemnation any land, earth, building, stone or
any interest therein, or any easement or other right which may
be necessary or proper to enable it to lay out, construct and
operate the said railroad, railroad tracks or sidings : provided,
however, that such construction shall be conducted and pro-

Proviso.

ceeded with in all respects as provided for by the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, Article 23, sections 248 to
254, both inclusive, or any re-enactments or amendments
thereof or supplements thereto ; and pro vided further, that noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed to permit the said The Hazard
Wharf Company to construct more than one-half mile of
railway tracks nor to cross at grade the main line of any rail-
road nor to build or construct any railway tracks from any
wharf property except that which it now owns.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1902.

CHAPTER 432.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 1
of Article 63, Code of Public General Laws, title
"Mechanics' Liens," so far as the same relates to Baltimore
County.

Repeal and
re-enact.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 1 of Article 63, Code of Public
General Laws, title "Mechanics' Liens," so far as the same
relates to Baltimore county, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows :

Subject to
lien

1. Every building erected, and every building repaired,
rebuilt or improved to the extent of one-fourth its value, shall
be subject to a lien for the payment of all debts contracted
for work done or materials furnished for or about the same ;
provided, that nothing in this Article, except as provided in
section 20, shall entitle any person, firm or corporation to the
benefit of such lien upon any such building for materials fur-
nished for or about the same, unless the contract for furnish-
ing such material shall have been made directly with the
owner of each building or his agent.

Exempt.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, Baltimore city is exempted from
provisions of this Act.