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anoe has not been witnessed to or sealed as required by law,
shall be and the same are hereby made valid, to all intents and
purposes, as if the conveyance had been acknowledged, certified
to, witnessed and sealed according to law; provided the said
deeds, mortgages, bonds of conveyance, bills of sale and other
conveyances are in other respects in conformity with the laws:
provided further, that nothing in this section shall effect the
interest of bona fide purchasers or creditors, without notice, who
may have become so previous to the passage of this 'act.

SEC. 1 A. And be it further enacted, That any assignment
of any mortgage, which, assignment' 'has been heretofore exe-
cuted and recorded, but which has not been sealed and in which
no mention of any seal has been made or in which either of
such defects exists, shall be and they are hereby made valid to
all intents and purposes, as if said assignment had been in such
matters in full conformity with the law in force at the time of
such execution; provided, that any such assignment is in other
respects legal and valid; and provided further, that nothing
in this act shall affect the rights of any bona fide purchaser or
creditor without notice, who becomes so prior 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 4, 1912.

CHAPTER 86.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Annapolis Water Com-
pany as said charter was enacted by Chapter 123 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1865 by extending
the powers of the said company to hold real and personal
estate, providing for the management of said company by a
board of directors and making other changes in said charter.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Annapolis Water Company shall not posses or
hold at any one time real and personal estate together above the
value of five hundred thousand dollars without the consent of
the General Assembly of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That immediately after the pas-
sage of this act a general meeting of the stockholders of the said
company shall be called for the purpose of electing directors of
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