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CHAP.
IX. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
court, or any two justices of the county where the lands and estate
by
such deeds intended to pass did lie, have been enrolled in the records
of
the late provincial court, or in the records of the general court;
and
questions and doubts as to the validity of deeds recorded as aforesaid;
for prevention of which doubts and questions, and to secure the titles,
and quiet the possessions of those who do and may hold or derive title
under any such deeds, |
Deeds acknowledged
before a justice,
&c. good
and available,
&c. |
II. Be it enacted,
by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all deeds
heretofore made, for conveying or passing any estate of inheritance or
freehold, or declaring or limiting any use or uses, or for conveying
any estate for above seven years in lands, tenements or hereditaments,
which have been acknowledged by the party or parties making the
same before a justice of the late provincial court, or before a judge of
the general court, and which have been enrolled in the records of the
county in which the lands or estate thereby intended to be passed did lie,
within the time prescribed by law for enrolling such deeds, shall be good
and available in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, to pass and
convey the lands or estate thereby intended to be passed, according
to the
limitations in such deeds, in the same manner as if such deeds had been
enrolled in the records of the provincial or general court. |
Deeds acknowledged
before the
court, &c.
good in law,
&c. |
III. And be
it enacted, That all deeds heretofore made, for conveying
or passing any estate of inheritance or freehold, or declaring or limiting
any use or uses, or for conveying any estate for above seven years, in
lands,
tenements or hereditaments, which have been acknowledged by the
party or parties making the same before the court, or any two justices
of
the county in which the lands or estate thereby intended to be passed did
lie, and which have been enrolled in the records of the late provincial
court, or in the records of the general court, within the time prescribed
by
law for enrolling such deeds, shall be good and available in law, to all
intents and purposes whatsoever, to pass and convey the lands or
estate thereby intended to be passed, according to the limitations in such
deeds, in the same manner as if such deeds had been enrolled in the records
of the county where the said lands and estate did lie. |
Deeds acknowledged
before a
judge. |
IV. And be it
enacted, That any deed or deeds for conveying lands,
tenements or hereditaments, or passing any interest, estate or use therein,
which shall be hereafter acknowledged before a judge of the general
court, may be enrolled, either in the records of the county in which the
lands or estate thereby intended to be passed may lie, or in the records
of the general court, at the election of the party taking or claiming by
such deed or deeds. |
And deeds acknowledged
before two
justices, may
be enrolled,
&c. |
V. And be it
enacted, That any deed or deeds for conveying lands,
tenements or hereditaments, or passing any interest, estate or use therein,
which shall be hereafter acknowledged before a judge of the county
in which the lands or estate thereby intended to be passed shall lie, may
be enrolled, either in the records of said county, or in the records of
the general court, at the election of the party taking or claiming
by such
deed or deeds. |
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VI. And,
whereas it is of great importance to the tranquility and quiet
of the state, that the evidence concerning the titles of land, and other
real estate, should be preserved, Be it enacted,
That any deed or deeds
already enrolled, or which may be hereafter enrolled in the records of
the
general court, may, upon application of the party or parties claiming by
or under such deed or deeds, be transmitted, with a certificate annexed
to
the same signed by the clerk and under the seal of the said court of such |
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