4                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                                   Ch. 2

CHAPTER 2
(Senate Bill 750)

AN ACT to repeal Section 61B of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Interim Supplement), title "Clerks of Courts, subtitle "Clerks of Circuit
Courts and Superior Court of Baltimore City"; to repeal Section 8-213 of
Article 21 of said Code (1972 Interim Supplement), "Real Property," title
"Landlord and Tenant," subtitle "Miscellaneous Rules"; to repeal Sections 40A
through 43H, inclusive, of Article 53 of said Code (1972 Supplement), title
"Landlord and Tenant," subtitles "Public Policy" and "Tenants' Deposits,"
respectively; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 3-101 (a), 3-108,
4-202(e), 4-203(c), 5-104, 6-102(b), 6-103, 7-103, 7-106(b)(3), 7-106(c), 8-317,
8-323(d), 8-401(d), 8-402(a)(l) and (2), (b)(4) and (5), 9-112(c), 10-102(e),
10-103(a), 10-107, 10-202(c), 10-203(a), 10-401, 11-1-1, 11-102, 11-105(c),
11-106(b), 11-111(b), 11-111(g), 11-111(i), 11-116(a), 11-118(a), 11-124(a),
11-126, 12-101, 12-103, 12-105(a), 12-107(c), 12-112, 12-113, 12-207,, 13-101,
13-102(a), 13-110(c), 13-112(b), 14-103(b), 14-112, 14-114 and 15-102(a) of
Article 21 of said Code (1972 Interim Supplement) "Real Property," titles
"Recordation," "Requisites of Valid Instruments," "Rules of Construction,"
"Rights of Entry and Possibilities of Reverter," "Mortgages, Deeds of Trust
and Vendor's Liens," "Landlord and Tenant," "Mechanics' Liens," "Sales of
Property," "Horizontal Property Act," "Eminent Domain," "Land Patents,"
"Miscellaneous Rules," "Effective Date and Applicability," subtitles "General
Rules and Exceptions," "Forms," "Mortgages and Deeds of Trust," "Distress
for Rent," "Landlords' Remedies Other than Distraint," "Land Installment
Contracts," "Express and Implied Warranties," "Recorded Land Contracts,"
"General Rules," "Relocation Assistance"; to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Sections 11 and 12 of Chapter 649 of the 1971 Laws of Maryland;
to add new Section 8-213 to Article 21 of Said Code (1972 Interim Supplement),
"Real Property," title "Landlord and Tenant," subtitle "Miscellaneous Rules,"
to follow immediately after Section 8-212 thereof; and to add new Section 8-218
to Article 21 of said Code (1972 Interim Supplement), "Real Property," title
"Landlord and Tenant," subtitle "Miscellaneous Rules," to follow immediately
after Section 8-217 thereof; clarifying, recodifying and correcting certain errors
in the laws relating generally to real property; and to clarify the repealing of
inconsistent laws and to repeal inconsistent laws.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 61B of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Interim Supplement), title "Clerks of Courts," subtitle "Circuit
Courts and Superior Court of Baltimore City", Section 8-213 of Article 21 of said
Code (1972 Interim Supplement), "Real Property," title "Landlord and Tenant,"
subtitle "Miscellaneous Rules"; Sections 40A through 43 H, inclusive, of Article
53 of said Code (1972 Supplement), title "Landlord and Tenant," subtitles "Public
Policy" and "Tenants' Deposits," respectively, be and they are hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 3-101(a), 3-108, 4-202(e), 4-203(c), 5-104, 6-102(b),
6-103, 7-103, 7-106(b)(3), 7-106(c), 8-317, 8-323(d), 8-401(d),8-402(a)(1)and(2),
(b)(4)and(5), 9-112(c), 10-102(e), 10-103(a), 10-107, 10-202(c), 10-203(a), 10-401,
11-101, 11-102, 11-105(c), 11-106(b), 11-111(b), 11-111(g), 11-111(i), 11-116(a),
11-118(a), 11-124(a), 11-126, 12-101, 12-103, 12-105(a), 12-107(c), 12-112, 12-113,
12-207, 13-101, 13-102(a), 13-110(c), 13-112(b), 14-103(b), 14-112, 14-114 and
15-102(a) of Article 21 of said Code (1972 Interim Supplement), "Real Property,"
titles "Recordation," "Requisites of Valid Instruments," "Rules of Construction,"
"Rights of Entry and Possibilities of Reverter," "Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and
Vendor's Liens," "Landlord and Tenant," "Mechanics' Liens," "Sales of