ART. 21.] BILLS OF SALE. 263

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 24, sec. 41. 1856, ch. 154, secs. 124-125.

41. Any bill of sale of personal property shall be sufficient in
form if it contain the names of the parties, the consideration, a
description of the property conveyed, and be signed and sealed
by the vendor, and dated.

Ibid. sec. 44. 1729, ch. 8, sec. 5. 1856, ch. 154, sec 129. 1878, ch 139.

42. A bill of sale, if acknowledged within this State, may be
acknowledged before any one justice of the peace for the county
or city in which the vendor happens to be at the time of the
acknowledgment, or before any justice of the peace or judge of
the orphans' court of the county or city in which the vendor
resides; and if acknowledged before a justice of the peace out
of the county or city in which the vendor resides, the official
character of said justice shall be certified by the clerk of the
circuit court for the county in which said acknowledgment is
made, or by the clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city, if
acknowledged in said city.

Coale v. Harrington, 7 H. & J 147. Byer s Etnyre, 2 Gill, 150. Wilson v.
Carson. 12 Md 70 Fouke v. Fleming, 13 Md 392. Berry v. Matthews, 13
Md. 538.

Ibid. sec. 45. 1856, ch 154, sec 130.

43. If acknowledged out of the State, before any officer
authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds.

Berry v. Matthews, 13 Md 538.

Ibid sec 46. 1729, ch 8, sec. 5. 1856, ch. 164, sec. 181. 1888, ch. 464.

44. Bills of sale shall be recorded in the county or city where
the vendor or donor resides, within twenty days from the date
thereof. If the vendor or donor resides out of the State, and
the personal property conveyed by such bill of sale is located in
this State, then such bill of sale shall be recorded in the county
where such property is located, or in Baltimore city, if it be
located in said city, within twenty days from the date of such
bill of sale.

Kreuzer v. Cooney, 45 Md. 582.

Ibid sec 47. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 142.

45. A mortgage of personal property shall be executed, ac-
knowledged and recorded as bills of sale.