ART. 21] DEEDS RECORDED AFTER SIX MONTHS. 497

This section referred to as showing the indispensable necessity of the regis-
tration of deeds The prorities given by this section are not affected by
section 20. Nickel v. Brown, 75 Md. 186.

The act of 1825, ch. 203, cited in stating the design of the registration laws
—see notes to section 1. General Ins. Co. v. United States Ins. Co.. 10 Md.
524; Gill v. Griffith, 2 Md. Ch. 280.

See notes to sections 13 and 50.

1904, art. 21, sec. 17. 1888, art. 21, sec. 17. 1860, art. 24, sec. 17.
1813, ch. 104, sec. 4.

17. When a trustee sells and conveys lands lying in one county,
under a decree passed in another county, the deed shall be recorded in
each county where the land lies, and shall recite so much of the decree
under which the sale was made as will show when and by what court it
was passed, and the names of the parties, and the, appointment of the
trustee who made the sale; the city of Baltimore is to be regarded as a
county in the meaning of this section.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1888, art. 21, sec. 18. 1860, art. 24, sec. 18. 1822, ch. 104.

18. If any clerk shall die, and during the interval between his death
and the qualification of his successor, the time for recording any deeds
or other written documents required by law to be recorded in a specific
time shall expire, the successor of such clerk so dying shall record the
same at any time within one month after his qualification—to have the
same effect as if such deed or other document were recorded within the
time prescribed by law; and shall endorse thereon the time of the death
of the former clerk and the date of his own qualification, which endorse-
ment shall be recorded with the deed or other document and shall be
evidence of the facts it contains.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1888. art. 21, sec. 10. 1860. art. 24. sec. 19. 1860, ch. 133, sec. 1.

1867, ch. 58.

19. Any deed or conveyance of or relating to land, duly acknowl-
edged and required by law to be recorded, except deeds or conveyances
by way of mortgages, may be recorded after the time herein prescribed ;
and when so recorded shall have, as against the grantor, his heirs or
executors, and against all purchasers with notice of such deed or con-
veyance, and against, all creditors of such grantor and his heirs who
shall become so after the recording of such deed or conveyance, the
same validity and etfect as if recorded within the time hereinbefore
prescribed; this section to apply to all deeds executed and acknowl-
edged according to law. whether before or after the adoption of this
code.

Creditors and purchasers; notice; parties.

A deed not recorded as provided in section 13, does not affect existing
creditors or creditors becoming such between the date of the deed and the
date of its record. As to such creditors without notice, the deed is valid and
effective only as a contract for the conveyance. Creditors held not to be
charged with notice, by possession or otherwise. Hearn v. Purnell, 110 Md.
466. And see Cissel v. Henderson, 88 Md. 576; Hoffman v. Gosnell, 75 Md. 590;
Sixth Ward Bldg. Assn. v. Willson, 41 Md. 514.

Although a deed be defectively executed or acknowledged, or not recorded
in time. It is effective as between the parties, and against third persons with

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