HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 445
CHAPTER 206.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
18 of Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1929
Supplement), title "Landlord and Tenant, " sub-title
"Distress for Rent, " as said section was amended by
Chapter 527 of the Acts of 1933, to exempt certain ice
refrigerator units, ice-cooling units for beverages,
mechanical cooling units for water and radio receiving
sets, and providing f or the marking and tagging of cer-
tain articles enumerated in said section with the name
of the owners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 18 of Article 53 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1929 Supplement), title "Landlord and
Tenant, " sub-title "Distress for Rent, " as said section was
amended by Chapter 527 of the Acts of 1933, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

18. The following property shall be exempt from dis-
tress for rent when not the property of the tenant: Every
horse, carriage and harness, whip and robe, saddle and
bridle, or motor vehicle and appurtenances, in any livery
stable or garage 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 or other personal property in any shop for re-
pair. The following property shall be exempt from distress
for rent when not the property of the tenant and which is
plainly marked or tagged, stating the name of the owner
of said articles: Every spinning wheel, loom, sewing ma-
chine, typewriter, stove, cash register, piano, organ or
other musical instrument, radio receiving sets, telephone
instruments, telephone booths and other telephone equip-
ment, ice beverage chests, ice water coolers, ice refrigera-
tors and ice display cases, mechanically operated freezing
units for ice cream, and cooling units for soft drinks and
water, gasoline tanks, gasoline pumps and oil receptacles,
and vending or weighing machines designed to receive
coins or tokens. The goods and chattels of the innocent
tenant who has paid his rent to the owner of the leasehold
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, except in
Prince George's County, if the landlord shall distrain upon