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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

in person or by proxy. Other meetings of stockholders may

To meet as
often as ne-

be called by the directors, or a majority of them, according

cessary.

to such rules as may be adopted by the by-laws of said com-

pany, and the directors shall meet as often as necessary for the

transaction of business.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 258.

AN ACT to make valid deeds, mortgages, bonds of convey-

ance and bills of sale defective in the acknowledgment or in

the certificate thereof.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Conveyancing.

land, That Section 82 of Article 21 of the Code of Public Gen-

eral Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Conveyancing," be

and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read

as follows :

82. All deeds, mortgages, bonds of conveyance and bills

Making valid
all deeds.

of sale which have been extended and acknowledged subse-

mortgages,

quent to the passage of the Act of the General Assembly of

etc.

Maryland, passed at the January Session 1858, Chapter 208,

which may not have been acknowledged according to the

laws existing at the time of said acknowledgment, or where

the certificate of acknowledgment is not in the prescribed form,

shall be and the same are hereby made valid to all intents and

purposes as if the said acknowledgment and certificate thereof

had been made in accordance with the law existing at the time

of their making; provided, the said deeds, mortgages, bonds

of conveyance and bills of sale in other respects are in con-

formity with the laws ; and, provided, further, that nothing

Proviso.

in this section shall affect the interest of bona fide purchasers

or creditors, without notice, who may have become so previous

to the passage of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 259.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 45

of Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Oys-

ters," sub-title "State Fishery Force."