1626 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 754

55. Should the owner dispute the amount of the charge,
or any part thereof, for which the lien is claimed as afore-
said, such dispute may be determined by appropriate legal
proceedings, and the institution of any such legal pro-
ceedings shall operate as a stay of execution under said
lien until the amount thereof shall have been judicially
determined, or the owner of such motor vehicle shall have
the right to immediately repossess himself of his said
motor vehicle upon filing a good and sufficient corporate
bond, in double the amount of said claim, with the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for the County, or with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, where
the corporation, firm, individual, association, or person,
claiming such lien may have repaired or stored said motor
vehicle, which said bond shall be approved by the Clerk
of said Court, 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 con-
nection 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 claim-
ant 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 presenta-
tion of said bond, otherwise the bond is to be null and void.

60. No such lien shall be effective, however, unless a
written notice containing the name and address of the
injured person, the date of the accident, the name and
location of the hospital, the amount claimed, and the name
of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or cor-
porations alleged to be liable to the injured party for the
injuries received, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court, if the services were rendered in
the counties, or of the Circuit Court of Baltimore
City, if rendered in Baltimore City, prior to the
payment of any moneys to such injured person, his
attorneys or legal representatives as compensation for
such injuries; nor unless the hospital shall also mail,
postage prepaid, by registered mail, a copy of such
notice with a statement of the date of filing thereof to the
person or persons, firm, or firms, corporation or corpora-
tions, alleged to be liable to the injured party for the