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74 CONVEYANCING. [ ART. XXI
ing the acknowledgment, the date when and place where made, a state-
ment of the fact that the person or persons making the acknowledg-
ment knew the contents of the instrument, and acknowledged the same
to be his, her or their act; the certificate shall also contain the name
of the person before whom made, his official title, and be sealed with his-
official seal and may be substantially in the following form:
................................... (name of county).
................................ (name of city, province or other
political subdivision).
Before the undersigned........................................
(naming the officer and designating his official title) duly commissioned
(or appointed) and qualified, this day personally appeared at the place
above named..................................................
(naming the person or persons acknowledging who declared) that he
(she or they) knew the contents of the foregoing instrument, and ac-
knowledged the same to be his (her or their) act.
Witness my hand and official seal this..................
day of........................ 19....
............................. (name of officer)..
............................. (official title).
(seal)
When the seal affixed shall contain the name or the official style of
the officer, any error in stating, or failure to state otherwise the name
or the official style of the officer, shall not render the certificate defec-
tive.
(3) A certificate of acknowledgment of a deed or other instrument
acknowledged without the United States before any officer mentioned
in section 1* shall also be valid if in the same form as now is or here-
after may be required by law, for an acknowledgment within this state.
See notes to this section in volume 1 of the Annotated Code.
13.
This section referred to in construing sections 19 and 21—see notes to
the latter. Cramer v. Roderick, 128 Md. 424.
19.
See notes to section 21.
21.
Since a deed recorded after the si;s months has validity and effect under
this section as a contract for the conveyance of the property, the whole
equitable estate has passed from the grantor to the grantee and tile-inter-
est remaining in the grantor is not subject to execution on a judgment
secured against him after the execution of the contract but before the
recording of the deed. Cramer v. Roderick, 128 Md. 425.
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*Quaere, is not the reference intended to be to sub-section (1) of section 5?
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