BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                         1879

completion] BE COMPLETED within a reasonable time [as],
WHICH TIME SHALL BE prescribed in the [department's]
DEPARTMENT'S notice.

(B)    IF THE WORK IS NOT COMPLETED IN THE TIME
PRESCRIBED IN THE NOTICE, THE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE THE WORK
COMPLETED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OWNER. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
CHARGE THE OWNER FOR THIS EXPENSE, AND IF THE REPAYMENT IS
NOT MADE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER WRITTEN DEMAND, THE DEPARTMENT
MAY BEING AN ACTION IN THE PROPER COURT TO RECOVER THIS
EXPENSE.

(C)    THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO FARM PONDS USED
FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 602

(House Bill 492)

AN ACT concerning

Theft - Railroad Freight

FOR the purpose of making it a crime for committing, aiding,
abetting, or counselling the breaking and entering, by
force, into certain secured or attached railroad
freight with the intent to steal certain items therein;
defining a certain term; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 114

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

114.

(A) IN THIS SECTION THE WORD "FREIGHT" MEANS CHATTELS
OR GOODS, GOODS, OR CONTAINERS.