ART. 21] POWER OF ATTORNEY——BOND OF CONVEYANCE. 501

Where the powers of attorney are not produced, and it does not appear
that this section was complied with, the deed is invalid. Citizens' Fire Ins.
Co. v. Doll, 35 Md. 103.

When a deed containing a power of attorney is duly executed, proof of
the execution of the power is unnecessary. Davidson v. Beatty. 3 H. & McH.,

594.

See art. 10, sec. 28, et seq.

1904, art. 21, sec. 26. 1888, art. 21, sec. 26. 1860, art. 24, sec. 26.
1856, ch. 154, sec. 22.

26. Such power of attorney shall be deemed to be revoked when
the instrument containing the revocation is recorded in the office in
which the deed should properly be recorded.

Ibid. sec. 27. 1888, art. 21, sec. 27. 1860, art 24, sec. 27. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 23.

27. Any person executing a deed conveying real estate, as agent or
attorney for another, shall describe himself in and sign the deed as
agent or attorney.

There is nothing in this section prohibiting the continuance of the common
law method of executing deeds under powers of attorney. The method
pointed out by this section is also valid. Posner v. Bayless, 59 Md. 61.

This section held to have been complied with. Citizens' Fire Ins. Co. v.
Doll. 35 Md. 103. And see Posner v. Bayless, 59 Md. 61.

Ibid. sec. 28. 1888. art. 21, sec. 28. 1865, ch. 47.

28. Every bond, writing obligatory or contract for the conveyance
of real estate, or any interest or estate of, in. or relating to real estate,
and every bond, writing obligatory or contract for the leasing and
demising for any term of years, of real estate, may be executed,
acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as deeds of real estate
are required by this article to be executed, acknowledged and recorded,
and as if such bonds, writings obligatory and contracts were deeds as
aforesaid; and a certified copy of the record of any such bond, writing
obligatory or contract shall be received as evidence of such bond, writ-
ing obligatory or contract, as fully as a like copy of the record of any
such deed duly executed, acknowledged and recorded in the manner
aforesaid would be evidence of such deed.

For a case involving the act of 1831, ch. 205. section 3 (authorizing bonds

of conveyances to be recorded 1; see United States Ins. Co. v. Shriver. 3 Md.

Ch. 384.

1900. ch. 65.

29. A release of a vendor's lien retained in any deed of convey-
ance may be made in the following form, or to the like effect: T hereby
release the vendor's lien retained in the above (or within) deed. Wit-
ness my hand and seal this————day of————[Seal]. Such relase
may be written by the vendor or his assignee upon the record in the
office where the deed is recorded, and attested by the clerk of the court.
Or such a release may be endorsed on the original deed by the vendor
of his assignee; and upon such deed, with the release thereon endorsed,
being filed in the office in which the deed is recorded, the clerk shall
record such release at the foot of said deed. Every release executed in
cither of the above modes shall be construed and deemed sufficient to