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unless it be expressly stated therein that in Anne Arundel
County it shall be otherwise disposed of.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1943.

Approved May 7, 1943.

CHAPTER 809.
(Senate Bill 394)

AN ACT to. repeal Section 198B of Article 16 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Montgomery County (1939 Edi-
tion), as said section was enacted by Chapter 405 of the
Acts of 1941, and to add a new section to Article 57 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Limitation of Acts", said new section to be known as
Section 18, and to follow immediately after Section 17
of said Article, specifying the time within which coun-
ties and municipalities of Maryland must be notified of
claims for damages and the method of giving such
notice.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 198B of Article 16 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Montgomery County (1939 Edition),
as said section was enacted by Chapter 405 of the Acts of
1941, be and it is hereby repealed and that a new section
be and it is hereby added to Article 57 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Limitation of
Acts", said new section to be known as Section 18, to fol-
low immediately after Section 17 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

18. No action shall be maintained and no claim shall be
allowed against any county or municipal corporation of
Maryland, for unliquidated damages for any injury or dam-
age to person or property unless, within ninety days after
the injury or damage was sustained, written notice thereof
setting forth the time, place and cause of the alleged dam-
age, loss, injury or death shall be presented either in per-
son or by registered mail by the claimant, his agent or
attorney, or, in case of death, by his executor or adminis-
trator, to the City Solicitor of Baltimore City, the County
Commissioners, or the corporate authorities of the munici-
pal corporation, as the case may be. The provisions of this