648                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 181

98. Penalty.

It shall be the duty of [said justice of the peace] the court, in
passing the order, as provided in § 97, to fix such fine and penalty
as [he] it may see fit, not exceeding the sum of ten dollars for each
offense, and all costs incident to and attending such proceeding[,
and upon failure to pay said fine and costs to commit said person
to the county jail for a term not exceeding thirty days].

103. Diseased colonies.

No person shall keep a colony of bees affected with the disease
known as foul brood, black brood or any other infectious or contagious
disease harmful to honey bees in the egg, larval, pupal or adult state,
except as provided by § 104 of this article; and every beekeeper,
when he becomes aware of the existence of such a disease among his
bees, shall at once notify the State Board of Agriculture, or its duly
authorized officer or agent of the existence of the same. Any person
who knowing that a contagious or infectious disease exists among his
bees, sells, barters or gives away, or in any other way disposes
of the same, in whole or in part, or any product of the same, or any
hive, super, frame, section or other appliance used about the diseased
bees, unless disinfected or treated in a manner satisfactory to said
officer or agent, shall, upon conviction [before a court or justice
of the peace], be liable to penalties named in § 108 of this article.

Section 45. And be it further enacted, That Article 52, An-
notated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title,
"Justices of the Peace," be and it is hereby repealed in its entirety.

Section 46. And be it further enacted, That Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,
7, 9, 39, 39A (b), 39P, 39Q and 39R of Article 53, Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Landlord and Tenant,"
subtitles, respectively, "Tenants Holding Over," and "Distress for
Rent," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

1.    Notice to remove; complaint to [justice of peace] District Court.

In all cases where any interest in real estate shall be let or leased
for any definite term or at will, and the lessor, his heirs, executors,
administrators, or assigns shall desire to repossess the same after
the expiration of the term for which it was demised and shall give
notice in writing one month before the expiration of said term or de-
termination of said will to the tenant or to the person actually in
possession of the premises to remove from the same at the end of said
term, and if the said tenant or person in actual possession shall re-
fuse to comply therewith the lessor, his heirs, executors, administra-
tors or assigns may make complaint thereof in writing to [any jus-
tice of the peace of] the District Court sitting in the county or city
wherein such real estate is situate.

2.    [Justice] Court to issue summons.

The [said justice] court shall forthwith issue [his] its summons
to the tenant or person in possession that he be and appear on a day
in said summons mentioned before [said justice] the court to show