990 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 422

shall be liable only for the consequences of his own negli-
gence. The injured person, or owner or bailee of the injured
property, shall have a lien on the aircraft causing the injury
to the extent of the damage caused by the aircraft or objects
falling from it, provided said injured person, or owner or
bailee of the injured property registers and records in the
office of the State Aviation Commission a sworn notice of
said lien within thirty days from said injury, setting forth
in detail the injury or damage caused. Every such notice of
a lien not so recorded shall be void against subsequent pur-
chasers and mortgagees in good faith, without notice, which
lien shall be terminated upon rebuttal of the prima facie
liability by the owner or lessee of the aircraft.

10. (Collision of Aircraft. ) The liability of the owner of
one aircraft to the owner of another aircraft, or to airmen or
passengers on either aircraft, for damage caused by collision
on land or in the air, shall be determined by the rules of law
applicable to torts on land.

11. (Jurisdiction Over Crimes and Torts. ) All crimes, torts
and other wrongs committed by or against an airman or
passenger while in flight over this State shall be governed by
the laws of this State; and the question whether damage
occasioned by or to an aircraft while in flight over this State
constitutes a tort, crime or other wrong by or against the
owner of such aircraft, shall be determined by the laws of
this State.

12. (Jurisdiction Over Contracts. ) All contractual and
other legal relations entered into by airmen or passengers
while in flight over this State have the same effect as if
entered into on the land or water beneath.

AIRPORTS

13. (Public Airports—Authority For. )

(a) Every city, village, or town in this State is hereby
authorized to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease,
equip, improve, maintain and operate airports or landing
fields or other facilities for the use of any type of aircraft
either within or without the limits of such cities, villages, or
towns, and may use for such purpose or purposes any property
suitable therefor that is now or may at any time hereafter be
owned or controlled by such city, village, or town.

(b) The Board of County Commissioners of any county in
this State is hereby authorized to acquire, establish, construct,
own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain and operate air-