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of Maryland of 1892 be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendment so as to read as follows:

SECTION 8. And be it enacted, That the Board of Direc-
tors of said Association shall have power to establish and
maintain either in whole or in part, such branch associations
as are now existing or may hereafter be established in the
City of Baltimore and vicinity, as they may deem advisable,
and the same to discontinue at the discretion of the said Board
of Directors; also to appoint a committee of management for
each branch of three or more suitable members of such branch
who may be connected with different religious denominations
and also to designate the chairman of such committee of man-
agement.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 567.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7
of Article 71 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title, "Ordinary and Innkeepers and Retail-
ers," and to add a new section to said Article, to be
known as Section 6-A.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 7 of Article 71 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title, "Ordinary and Innkeepers
and Retailers," be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted go as to read as follows:

7. For the price or value of any food or accommodation
furnished, or for the amount of any loan or advance made, or
accommodation extended, by cashing drafts, checks or other-
wise, to any person at any hotel, boarding house, inn or
ordinary in this State, the proprietor or keeper of such hotel,
inn or ordinary shall have a lien upon all baggage and other
property belonging to or under the control of such person
and in such hotel, boarding house, inn or ordinary, and may
keep possession of the same until the price or value of such
food or accommodation shall have been fully paid, whether
then due or to become due; and for the purpose of collecting
the said debt after the same shall have been due for a period
of fifteen days may sell such baggage or other property for
cash at public sale, upon giving notice of the time, place and