ALBERT C. RITCHIE. GOVERNOR. 1089

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Chapter 403, Acts of 1918, codified as Section 54,
Article 63, in the 1916-1918 Supplement to the Annotated
Code of the Maryland General Laws of Maryland, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

54. Whenever a motor vehicle or any part, thereof is left
by the owner or by any other person with his authority, ex-
press or implied, in the custody of any corporation, firm or
individual, association, or person for repair, rebuilding, stor-
age, or for the purpose of having furnished for or on account
of the same any parts, accessories, or tires, the corporation,
firm, individual, association or person in whose custody said
motor vehicle or part, thereof is left for all or any of the pur-
poses aforesaid, shall have a lien on said motor vehicle or part
thereof for all charges so incurred, and may lawfully retain
the same until said charges have been paid, or until said lien
is extinguished or discharged as hereinafter provided. Said
lien shall be superior to the rights of the holders of condi-
tional sale contracts, bills of sale, chattel mortgages or other
liens or claims of any kind which are not theretofore exe-
cuted and recorded or filed for record as required by law, but
shall be subordinate thereto where the same have been there-
tofore executed and recorded as required by law. Surrender
or delivery of any motor vehicle subject to the lien aforesaid
shall operate as a waiver or extinguishment of the same as
against third persons without notice thereof, but shall not
operate as such waiver or extinguishment as against the owner
or as against third persons with notice.

55. Should the owner dispute the amount of the charge,
or any part thereof, for which the lien is claimed as aforesaid,
such dispute may be determined by appropriate legal proceed-
ings, and the institution of any such legal proceedings shall
operate as a stay of execution under said lien until the amount
thereof shall have been judicially determined, or the owner of
such motor vehicle shall have the right to immediately re-

possess himself of his said motor vehicle upon filing a good
and sufficient corporate bond, in double the amount of said
claim, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County, or

with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, where
the corporation, firm, individual, association, or person, claim-
ing such lien may have repaired or stored said motor vehicle,
which said bond shall be approved by the Clerk of said Court,
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