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and shall confer as good title upon the purchasers as if
the proceedings upon which the original decree was
passed had been in strict conformity to the require-
ments of law.

Passed and approved March 30, 1868.

JURISDICTION.

1863, c. 348 repeals section 58 and substitutes the following therefor:

58. Whenever lands lie partly in one county and partly in another, or partly in a county and partly in the city of Baltimore, or whenever persons proper to be made defendants to proceedings in chancery, reside some in one county and some in another, or some in a county and some in the city of Baltimore, that court shall have jurisdiction in which proceedings shall have	1868, c 348 When lands or persona partly in one county and partly in another.
been first commenced; provided, that no proceedings in chancery shall effect the title to property, real and per- sonal, in the state of Maryland, beyond the limits of	Proviso.
the city of Baltimore or county in which such pro- ceedings shall be instituted, to the prejudice of any bona fide purchaser, mortgagee or pledgee, until a copy of the bill of complaint, certified under his official seal by the clerk of the court in which it originated, shall be filed in the clerk's office of the court of the city of Baltimore or county where such property shall be at the time; and on receipt of a copy of such bill by	Proceedings.
the clerk of such court, it shall be his duty forthwith to enter and index the bill in his chancery docket as though it originated in his court, and also, to state on the docket from what court it came. In force and approved March 30, 1668.	Duty of clerk.

NAMES.

1868, c. 311 enacts the following to provide for the changing of the name of

any person:

79. If any person residing in this state shall desire to change his or her name, such person may file in the

1868, c 311. Proceedings to change name.