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12.

If such notice cannot be given on account of absence or other causes,
the claimant or his agent may, in the presence of a competent witness
and within ninety days, place said notice upon the door or other front
part of said building and shall file a claim with the clerk of the circuit
court for the county or the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, as the case
may be, as hereinafter mentioned. Notice by posting according to this
section shall be sufficient in all cases where the owner of the lot has
died and his successors in title do not appear from the public records
of the county.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 259
(House Bill 100)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 203 of
Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title
"Chancery," subtitle "Uniform Absent Persons Act," changing
times within which publication of notice must be made preceding
hearing on application for the appointment of a permanent receiver,
under the Uniform Absent Persons Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 203 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Chancery," subtitle "Uniform Absent Persons
Act," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments
to read as follows:

203.

All notices required under this subtitle shall be served upon all
parties ordered by the court to be served in the manner prescribed
by existing statutes or rules, except that in addition thereto the
absentee shall be served by publication once a week for four consecu-
tive weeks in a newspaper printed in the English language or general
circulation in the county or city of the absentee's domicile, the last
publication to be not less than ten (10) nor more than [twenty (20)]
sixty (60) days prior to the time set for any hearing. The original
notice prescribed in Section 202, subsection (1), shall require each
person claiming an interest in the property of the absentee to file in
court within a time fixed by the court a statement of the nature and
extent of such interest.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.