Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                    421

CHAPTER 324

(Senate Bill 498)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 34 of
Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Landlord and Tenant", sub-title "Distress for Rent", relat-
ing to the time for stripping tobacco under farm tenancies in
Charles County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That Section 34 of Article 53 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Landlord and Tenant", sub-title "Distress for
Rent", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

34. Whenever tobacco is grown on leased premises and the tenant
fails to make reasonable progress within eight months from the
first day of September in each year to strip and place such tobacco
on the market, the landlord may, at any time after the first day of
May in each year, strip, pack, ship and sell at the tenant's expense
any and all tobacco grown on the premises by said tenant in the
previous year or years, provided, that as to Charles County, the
above provisions shall not apply until after the first day of [August]
June, and as to St. Mary's County the first day of July in each year.
Any and all expenses paid by the landlord in the stripping, packing,
shipment or sale shall be a first and prior lien on said tobacco and the
proceeds thereof, notwithstanding any agreement or obligation of
the tenant or provision of law to the contrary.

A tenant, or any one acting on his behalf, interfering in any way
whatsoever, directly or indirectly, with the stripping, packing,
shipment or sale of said tobacco by the landlord, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not
less than One Hundred Dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not
less than ninety (90) days nor more than six months, or both.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 25, 1957.

CHAPTER 325
(Senate Bill 502)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 90 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore County (1955 Edi-
tion), being Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Baltimore County", sub-title "Daylight Saving Time"

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill