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fees, plus all court awarded costs and fees, at any time
before actual execution of the eviction order. THIS
SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY TENANT WHO HAS RECEIVED
MOPE THAN THREE SUMMONS CONTAINING COPIES OF COMPLAINTS
FILED BY THE LANDLORD AGAINST THE TENANT FOR RENT DUE AND
UNPAID IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF THE
ACTION TO WHICH THIS SUBSECTION OTHERWISE WOULD APPLY.

(f) The tenant may appeal from the judgment of the
District Court to the Circuit Court for any county or the
Baltimore City Court, as the case may be, at any time
within two days from the rendition of the judgment; the
tenant in order to stay any execution of the judgment,
shall give a bond to the landlord with one or more
sureties, who are owners of sufficient property in the
State of Maryland, with condition to prosecute the appeal
with effect, and answer to the landlord in all costs and
damages mentioned in the judgment, and such other damages
as shall be incurred and sustained by reason of the
appeal; the bond shall not affect in any manner the right
of the landlord to proceed against the tenant, assignee
or subtenant for any and all rents that may become due
and payable to the landlord after the rendition of the
judgment.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 657
(Senate Bill 858)
AN ACT concerning

City of Baltimore — General Powers

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore to pledge or assign, for the payment of
principal and interest on its revenue bonds, any
contracts, mortgages or other securities, or the
revenues therefrom, purchased or otherwise acquired
with the proceeds of the revenue bonds; to enter
into trust agreements with a corporate trustee,
which may be any trust company or bank having trust
powers within or without the State, in order to
secure its revenue bonds, to pledge or assign to the
trustee all or any part of the revenues from or
arising in connection with the properties.