1656                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 797

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 797
(House Bill 716)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments Section 9-23 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Baltimore City (1969 Edition, being Article 4 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Baltimore City," subtitle "9.
Landlord and Tenant," to provide for a notice to be sent to a tenant by first
class mail when a second summons to dispossess a tenant is issued.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 9-23 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore
City (1969 Edition, being Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland), title "Baltimore City," subtitle "9. Landlord and Tenant," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:

9-23.

If the summons issued for the tenant in a proceeding to dispossess him be
returned non est, a second summons, returnable in not less than five days shall be
issued, AND A NOTICE SHALL BE SENT TO THE TENANT BY FIRST
CLASS MAIL, and if the tenant shall not be found, a copy of the second
summons shall be left with the occupant of the premises, or if they be vacant,
affixed to some principal building, or if no building, then set up on the premises;
and on the day assigned in the summons for the appearance of the party the
Justice shall proceed as if he had appeared [.], PROVIDED NOTICE HAS BEEN
SENT TO THE TENANT AT THE TIME THE SECOND SUMMONS IS
ISSUED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 798
(House Bill 737)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 135K of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Worcester County (1961 Edition and 1972 Supplement),
being Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title
"Worcester County," subtitle "County Commissioners," as added by Chapter
584 of the Acts of 1972; to provide authorization for the County Commissioners
to have the appropriate county agency cut weeds and remove trash on private
property if necessary, and to charge a fee, to prevent impairment of the
[[town's]] county's beauty.