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then said agreement may be recorded in the office of the clerk of the
circuit court for each of the counties in which said land lies; and the
respective clerks in whose offices shall be filed all such agreements,
shall record and properly index the same in a well-bound book to be
used for that purpose, and, when so recorded, the same shall be
deemed sufficient to give constructive notice of said lien, to all per-
sons, including purchasers of said crops and creditors, of said lienor,
and for such recordation said clerk shall be entitled to charge and
receive for recording each crop lien agreement a fee of not more than
one ($1. 00) dollar; provided, however, that the liens now given to
landlords under Sec. 25 of this article or under any existing law;, shall
not be affected by this section; and provided further that in the
event of a sale, under a mortgage or deed of trust executed and re-
corded after April 4, 1933, of the land upon which any such crop
has been so seeded and/or may be growing and before said crop has
been gathered or harvested, such sale shall be made subject to the
said crop lien, and the rights of the lienee shall be protected in the
same manner and to the same extent as the rights of the debtor would
be protected under analogous circumstances under the provisions of
Sections 27, 28 and 29 of Article 66 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land.

For the purpose of showing the release of any crop lien agree-
ment, the receipt of the lienee making the advances evidencing the
payment of same by the borrower or lienor shall, on presentation, be
recorded by the clerk of the court where the said agreement is re-
corded.

In so far as the provisions of this section may conflict with other
acts or parts thereof, the provisions of this section shall control.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.

Approved March 23, 1960.

CHAPTER 109
(Senate Bill 111)

AN ACT to add a new Section 7A to Article 66C of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources⁷', sub-
title "In General", to follow immediately after Section 7 thereof,
to provide certain additional powers for the Department of Tide-
water Fisheries with respect to fisheries in this State and relating
generally to the seafood industry in this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new (Section 7A be and it is hereby added to Article 66C of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Natural Re-
sources", sub-title "In General", to follow immediately after Section
7 thereof, and to read as follows:

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.