144 CONVEYANCING. [ART. 24.

freedom to commence from the date of these presents, (or such
other time as may be fixed.)

Witness my hand and seal this ———— day of ————.
Test:
A. B.
C. D. [SEAL]

Form of Mortgage of Personal Property.

64. I, ————, of ———— county, Maryland, being now indebted
to ———— of ———— county, in the sum of ———— dollars, with
interest from ————, in consideration thereof, do hereby bargain
and sell to the said ————, the following property, (here describe
property.) Provided, that if I, the said ————, shall pay to the
said ———, the said sum of ———— dollars, with the interest
thereon, on or before the ———— day of ———, then these pre-
sents shall be void.

Witness my hand and seal, this ———— day of ————.

[SEAL.]

Form of a Lease.

65. This lease, made this ——— day of ———, in the year

————, between ———— and ————, witnesseth, that the said

——— doth lease unto the said ———, his personal representa-
tives or assigns, (here describe property,) for the term of ————
years, beginning on the ———— day of ————, in the year ————,
and ending on the ———— day of ———— in the year ———, tlfc
said ———— paying therefor the sum of ——— dollars, on the

———— day of ————, in each and every year.

Witness their hands and seals.

[SEAL.]
[SEAL.]

66. The aforegoing forms, or forms to like effect, shall be suffi-
cient, and any covenant, limitation, restriction or proviso allowed
by law may be added, annexed to or introduced with the afore-
going forms.

67. Any other forms conforming to the rules hereinbefore laid
down or to the rules of law shall be sufficient.

The following forms of acknowledgments shall be sufficient.
Acknowledgment taken within this State.

68. State of Maryland, ———— County, to wit:

I hereby certify, that on this ———— day of ————, in the