ART. 44. ] ALIENATION BY DEED.

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12. Every officer, before whom any acknowledgment shall be
made, shall give a certificate thereof, and indorse on or annex to
the deed such certificate, and the certificate shall be recorded with
the deed.

Id s 6
1856, c 154, s 87
Ceru6iate of
officer taking
acknowledg-
ment
3H. & McH 430

13. To every certificate of acknowledgment, taken without this
State, before the judge of any court having a seal, the seal of such
court shall be affixed.

Id s 7
1856, c 154, s 88
Seal of court to
be affixed
6 11. & J. 355

14:. The certificate of acknowledgment shall contain:
1st. The name of the person making the acknowledgment.
2d. The official style of the officer taking the acknowledgment.
3d. The time when it was taken.
4th. A statement that the grantor acknowledged the deed to be
his act, or made an acknowledgment to the like effect.

Id s 8
1856, c 154, s 89
What certificate
of acknowledg-
ment to con-
tain
45 Md 389.

15. When any deed has been acknowledged before a commis-
sioner appointed to take the acknowledgment of deeds out of the
Slate, whether the commissioner had qualified or not by taking the
oath and transmitting his signature and the impression of his seal
to the secretary of state, as required by law, the same shall be as
valid as if said commissioner had been duly qualified and was duly
authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds; and when any com-
missioner to take acknowledgments of deeds out of this State had
duly qualified and was acting as such previous to the passage of the
act of eighteen hundred and fifty-two, chapter one hundred and six,
and continued so to act, without having qualified as required by the
said act, and, as such commissioner, took the acknowledgment of
any deed or mortgage, such deed or mortgage shall be as valid as
if the said commissioner had been duly qualified to act at the time
of the taking such acknowledgment, or doing any other official act.

RECORDING.

Id s 22
1860, c 133, s 2
Validity of
deeds, where
commissioner
before whom
acknowledg-
ment taken, has
not qualified as
required by law

10. Every deed of any of the interests or estates mentioned in
the first section of this article shall be recorded within six months
from its date in the county or city in which the land affected by
such deed lies, and where it lies in more than one county, or in the
city of Baltimore and a county, it shall be recorded in all the coun-
ties and the said city in which such land lies.

Id s 13
1856, c 154, ss
96, 97.
When and
where to be
recorded
13 Md 469; 31
Md 550, 41 Md
514

17. Every deed of real property, when acknowledged and re-
corded as herein directed, shall take effect as between the parties
thereto from its date.

29 Md 144, 32 Md 186, 34 Md 67, 40 Md 97

Id 8 14
1858, c 154, s 100
When deed to
take effect.

18. No deed of real property shall be valid for the purpose of
passing title unless acknowledged and recorded as herein directed.

29 Md 50, 82 Md. 225

Id s 15
1856, c 154, s 102
When valid to
pass title

10, Where there are two or more deeds conveying the same
lands or chattels leal, the deed or deeds which shall be first recorded
according to law shall be preferred, if made bond fide and upon
good and valuable consideration. This section to apply to all deeds
of mortgage, and to all other deeds or conveyances to the validity
of which recording is necessary.
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Id s 16.
1825, c 203, s. 1
Priority of
deeds
16 Md 207, 217,
22 Md 206, 27
Md 51, 30 Md.
367, 34 Md 67,
35 Md 215, 38
Md 264, 521, 40
Md 446, 590.