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VETOES

time before actual execution of the eviction order. This
subsection does not apply to any tenant who has received
more than three 2 OTHER 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.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, A SUMMONS WHERE THE
TENANT HAS PREVAILED MAY NOT BE INCLUDED.

(f) The tenant or the landlord 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 presecute 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, 1982.

June 1, 1982
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 921.

The bill would amend Section 8-401(e) of the Real
Property Article to change the conditions under which a
tenant could redeem leased premises after the landlord
obtained a judgment giving him restitution of the leased
premises but before the actual execution of the judgment
becomes absolute. Under current law, the tenant may redeem
the leased premises by paying all past due rent, plus court
awarded costs and fees, at any time before actual execution
of the eviction order. The right of redemption is subject
to the condition, however, that it may be foreclosed if the
tenant has received "more than three" summonses containing
copies of complaints filed by the landlord against the
tenant for rent due and unpaid during the twelve-month
period prior to the initiation of the action which