630 ARTICLE 21.

more of the lines thereof, shall be construed to pass to the devisee, donee,
or grantee therein, all the right, title and interest of the devisor, donor or
grantor of the said land, to the centre of the street or highway on which
the same is located or binding as aforesaid, unless the devisor, donor or
grantor shall in express terms in the writing by which the devise, gift or
conveyance is made reserve to himself all the right, title and interest to the
said street or highway.

This section applied so as to give the lessee title to the centre of an alley. Mary-
land Telephone Co. v. Ruth, 106 Md. 651. And see Shipley v. Western Maryland
R. R. Co., 99 Md. 131.

This section held inapplicable to a deed executed before its adoption. Rieman v.
Baltimore Belt R. R. Co., 81 Md. 79.

Quaere, whether certain trustees had the right to convey one half of a certain
avenue as a deed executed by them purported to do, unless this section gave them
such authority. This section referred to in discussing dedication and acceptance of
certain streets. Beale v. Takoma Park, 130 Md. 305.

This section referred to in refusing to enjoin construction of a sewerage system
on the ground that it was or would be a nuisance. Pope v. Clark, 122 Md. 9.
See secs. 11 and 12, and notes.

An. Code, sec. 97. 1914, ch. 371. 1922, ch. 384.

99. The provisions of Chapter 485 of the Acts of 1884 of the General
Assembly of Maryland, and the provisions of Chapter 395 of the Acts of
1888 of the General Assembly of Maryland, and the provisions of Chapter
207 of the Acts of 1900 of the General Assembly of Maryland, were not
intended to apply and do not apply to leases or sub-leases of property leased
exclusively for business, commercial, manufacturing, mercantile or indus-
trial purposes, as distinguished from residence purposes, where the term
of such lease or sub-leases, including all renewals provided for therein,
shall not exceed ninety-nine years.

This section has no application where the plaintiff had the right to redeem the
rent prior to its passage. Brager v. Bigham, 127 Md. 159.

See art. 21, sec. 94 and 95, and art. 53, sec. 25.

An. Code, sec. 98. 1916, ch. 619, sec. 97.

100. In every agreement, written or verbal, for the sale or other dis-
position of real or leasehold property, it shall be presumed (in the absence
of a provision to the contrary) that the parties to such agreement intended
that the cost of any internal revenue stamps required under any tax law
of the United States of America should be equally shared, between the
grantor and grantee. This section shall only apply until such time as the
proper officers of the United States of America shall determine whether
the grantor or the grantee is liable for the cost of such stamps in the State
of Maryland; and this section shall not apply between mortgagor and
mortgagee.