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(iii) Proof that a notice was printed in a paper as required in
subsection (c)(2).

(4)    Upon receipt of the material required in subsection (c)(2)
and upon payment of any fees and taxes due, the Department of
Chesapeake Bay Affairs shall issue the applicant a title to the vessel.

(5)    All costs incurred in receiving title to a vessel under this
section shall be borne by the applicant.

(6)    After receiving title if the applicant destroys or otherwise
disposes of the vessel, he shall report the same to the Department
within 15 days giving all details.

(7)    The Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs may receive title
to any vessel apparently abandoned on any of the waters of Mary-
land or on any land owned by this State or; any of its political
subdivisions by proceeding in the same manner as a property owner
as set forth in this section.

(d)    Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain title to a vessel
under the provisions of this section through fraudulent means is
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a
fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).

(e)    The Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs may establish
such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 24, 1971.

CHAPTER 725
(House Bill 886)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 150 (b) of
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
Volume, 1970 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "District
Courts" to provide that no judgment shall be a lien until recorded
in the records of the clerk of the Circuit Court in the City of
Baltimore or the county OR THE DISTRICT COURT OF BALTI-
MORE CITY in which the judgment is obtained or recorded.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 150(b) of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1966 Replacement Volume, 1970 Supplement), title "Courts,"
subtitle "District Courts" be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

150.

(b) The District Court shall be a court of record and shall have a
seal, and its judgments shall be a lien upon real estate in the county
in which the judgment is obtained or subsequently filed and recorded,