950 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 490

the amount of said account for services rendered with interest
and costs, without regard to privity of contract; and said judg-
ment when so recovered shall, save only as to taxes due on said
property, constitute a prior lien on the property on which, or
in which, said service was rendered.

Approved April 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 490.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 139
of Article 13 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland of 1924, title "Bills of Exchange and Promis-
sory Notes, " being a part of the Negotiable Instruments Act,
for the purpose of correcting an error therein and of mak-
ing the law of this State uniform with the Laws of other
States which have enacted such Negotiable Instruments Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 139 of Article 13 of the Annotated
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, entitled Bills of
Exchange and Promissory Notes, being a part of the Negotia-
ble Instruments Act, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

139. A person secondarily liable on the instrument is dis-
charged:

1. By any Act which discharges the instrument;

2. By the intentional cancellation of his signature by the
holder.

3. By the discharge of a prior party;

4. By a valid tender of payment made by a prior party;

5. By a release of the principal debtor, unless the holder's
right of recourse against the party secondarily liable is ex-
pressly reserved;

6. By any agreement binding upon the holder to extend
the time of payment, or to postpone the holder's right to en-
force the instrument, unless made with the assent of the party
secondarily liable, or unless the right of recourse against such
party is expressly reserved.

Approved April 26, 1927.