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ALIENATION BY DEED. [ART. 44.

Id s 17
1813, c 104, s 4
What necessary
in deed, from
trustee, under
decree passed in
another county
from where land
lies.

20. When a trustee sells land lying in one county under a de-
cree passed in another county, the deed shall be recorded in each
county where the land lies, and shall recite so much of the decree
under which the sale was made as will show when and by what court
it was passed, and the names of the parties, and the appointment
of the trustees who made the sale; the city of Baltimore is to be
regarded as a county in the meaning of this section.

Id s 18
1822, c 104.
Where clerk
dies, and tune
elapses before
successor quali-
fies

21. If any clerk shall die, and during the interval between his
death and the qualification of his successor, the time for recording
any deeds or other written documents required by law to be re-
corded in a specific time shall expire, the successor of such clerk so
dying shall record the same at any time within one month after his
qualification, to have the same effect as if such deed or other docu-
ment were recorded within the time prescribed by law; and shall
indorse thereon the time of the death of the former clerk, and the
date of his own qualification, which indorsement shall be recorded
with the deed or other document, and shall be evidence of the facts
it contains.

1867, c 58.
Effect of deeds
recorded alter
time prescribed.
40 Md. 331.

22. Any deed or conveyance of or relating to land duly ac-
knowledged and required by law to be recorded, except deeds or
conveyances by way of mortgages, may be recorded after the time
herein prescribed, and when so recorded shall have, as against the
grantor, his heirs or executors, and against all purchasers, with
notice of such deed or conveyance, and against all creditors of such
grantor and his heirs, who shall become so after the recording of
such deed or conveyance, the same validity and effect as if recorded
within the time hereinbefore prescribed, this section to apply to all
deeds executed and acknowledged according to law, whether before
or after the adoption of this act.

Art 24 s 20
1831, c 304
When posses-
sion goes with
deed, effect of
recording after
time prescribed
18 Md 113

23. When the grantee, his heir or executor, in any deed or con-
veyance shall take possession of the lands purporting to be con-
veyed thereby, such deed or conveyance, after being recorded,
(though not recorded within six months), shall have against all
persons from the time of taking possession as aforesaid, the same
effect and validity to all intents and purposes as if the same had
been recorded in proper time, nothing herein, however, to affect in
any manner the preferences and priorities declared and given in the
nineteenth section of this article.

Id s 21
1831, c 304
Effect as to
creditors
40 Md 100

24. But as against all creditors who have become so before the
recording of such deed or conveyance, and without notice of the
existence thereof, such deed or conveyance shall have validity and
effect only as a contract for the conveyance or assurance of the
estate, interest or use purported by such deed or conveyance to be
conveyed or assured.

1878, c 116
Deeds recorded
without certif-
icate, where
certificate
necessary, and
deeds without

23. All deeds of conveyance of property in this State which
may have been recorded without any certificate of the clerk of any
of the courts of this State accompanying the acknowledgment
thereof, in cases in which such certificates are necessary and proper,