1586 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 699

18. The following property shall be exempt from distress
for rent, to wit: Every spinning-wheel, loom, sewing machine,
typewriter, stove, cash register, piano, organ, or other musical
instrument, not the property of the tenant or rented, hired or
loaned to the tenant; and telephone instruments, telephone
booths and other telephone equipment not the property of the
tenant; and every horse, carriage and harness, whip and robe,
saddle and bridle, or motor vehicle and appurtenances not the
property of the tenant, in any livery stable or garage, or which
may be stored with any keeper of any livery stable or garage
or other persons, or in any other place, outhouse or barn of the
tenant; and all property of any boarder or sojourner at any
hotel, tavern, public or private boarding house; and any vehicle
not the property of the tenant in any shop for repair; and the
goods and chattels of the innocent tenant who has paid his rent
to the owner of the leasehold estate shall be exempt from dis-
traint for ground rent if any due and owing to the ground rent
landlord by the owner of the leasehold estate. Provided that,
in the City of Baltimore, if the landlord shall distrain upon
any goods, chattels, or other personal property on the premises
not exempt under this section, it shall be the duty of the land-
lord, before a sale of such property shall be made under such
distraint proceedings, (except in cases of personal property in
office buildings, in which cases there shall not be such duty)
to ascertain whether or not any such goods, chattels or other
personal property are being purchased by the tenant under a
conditional contract of sale defined in Section 55 of Article 21
of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland
(1924), or mortgaged by the tenant by a purchase money chat-
tel mortgage under the terms of Sections 44 to 54, inclusive,
of Article 21 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland (1924), and if it shall be found that any of such
property is being purchased by the tenant under such a condi-
tional contract of sale or covered by a purchase money chattel
mortgage executed by said tenant, and if such conditional con-
tract of sale or mortgage shall have been executed and recorded
in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland govern-
ing the execution and recording of such instruments, the land-
lord, except in cases of personal property in office buildings,
shall either release such property from the distraint proceed-
ings or pay to the vendor named in such conditional contract
of sale or to the mortgagee in such mortgage the balance due
under such conditional contract or sale or mortgage, and said
balance, if paid, by the landlord, shall become a part of the