1090 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 417

and which said bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of
the full amount of any final judgment which may be recovered
upon such claim, together with interest, and all costs incident
to any such suit, and any costs and expenses which may have
been incurred in connection with the enforcement of such lien
up to the time that such lien claimant is notified of the filing
of such bond. And the filing of such bond shall operate as a
stay of execution under said lien until the amount thereof
shall have been judicially determined; and in any such suit
against the owner of said motor vehicle by such lien claimant
after filing of such bond, if any defendant is returned non
est, service may be secured by publication as in the case of a
suit against a non-resident, provided, however, that suit be
instituted within six months from the presentation of said
bond, otherwise the bond is to be null and void.

56. Any corporation, firm, individual, association or per-
son who may have a lien under this Act on any motor vehicle
or part thereof for repairs, rebuilding or storage, or having
furnished for or on account of said motor vehicle and parts,
accessories or tires may, if the account is due and unpaid for
a period of thirty days and if the lienor still retains possession
of the same, sell said motor vehicle or part thereof at public
sale at some place which shall be convenient and accessible to
the public at any time between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M.
and 6 o'clock P. M., provided the time, place and terms of
said sale, together with a full detailed description of said
motor vehicle or part thereof shall be inserted in one or more
daily newspapers published in the city or county where said
sale is to take place at least once each week for two successive
weeks prior to said sale; and provided further, that a registered
notice shall be mailed at least ten days prior to said sale to the
owner of said motor vehicle or part thereof, if his address be
known, or if it can be ascertained by the exercise of reason-
able diligence, or by mailing said notice by registered mail
to the person who gave the order for said repairs, storage,
rebuilding, parts, accessories, or tires. If the address of
neither of said persons is known, and by the exercise of rea-
sonable diligence cannot be ascertained, then such notice shall
be mailed to "General Delivery" at the Post Office of the city
or county where the business of said lienor is located. Any
excess in the amount of the selling price of said motor vehicle
or part thereof at said sale over and above the expenses thereof,
including a reasonable attorney's fee and the amount of said