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right and proper that said Bonig should have a proper right and title for the property thus ac- quired by him.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Hanson Willison, late Sheriff of Allegany county, be and he is hereby authorized and required to make a special return to the Circuit Court for Allegany county, of all his proceedings in and about said sale under the writ of Fieri Fa- cias referred to in the preamble to this Act, and that the said Circuit Court for Allegany shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered upon such return, and upon being satisfied by affi- davit or otherwise, that the papers referred to in said preamble have been lost, to proceed in the matter of the ratification and confirmation of said sale precisely as is provided in the Maryland Code of Public General Laws, Article 85, Sections 10, 11, 12 and 13, in regard to the ratification of sales under execution from a Justice of the Peace.	Make return.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted , That upon the final ratification of such sale by said Circuit Court, un- der the proceedings aforesaid, the said Hanson Willison, late Sheriff as aforesaid, shall be and is hereby authorized and required to convey the said real estate so sold by him as aforesaid to the pur- chaser thereof, or to her assignee or assignees ; and that the deed of conveyance from him, when pro- perly executed and acknowledged, shall have the same effect and force in law as in all other cases of land sold and conveyed by Sheriffs or Consta- bles.	Ratification.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. Approved March 30, 1868.	In force.