426 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 148

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 148.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 18
of Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924
Edition), title "Landlord and Tenant, " sub-title "Distress
for Rent, " as said section was enacted by Chapter 699 of
the Acts of 1927, said amendments adding to the list of
objects exempt from distress certain vending and weighing
machines.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 18 of Article 53 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Landlord and Tenant, "
sub-title "Distress for Rent, " as said section was enacted by
Chapter 699 of the Acts of 1927, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

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; vending or weighing machines designed to receive coins
or tokens, not the property of the tenant; and every horse, car-
riage 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 inno-
cent tenant who has paid his rent to the owner of the lease-
hold estate shall be exempt from distraint 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 Balti-
more, if the landlord shall distrain upon any goods, chattels,
or other personal property on the premises not exempt under