398

INTERESTS AND ESTATES. [ART. 45.

Id s 22
1840, c 124
Wharves on
west side of Sus-
quehanna
river, how con-
structed

5. Any person authorized to build a wharf on the west side of
the Susquehanna river, shall build the same in front of the shore to
which such wharf may be attached, and shall not without the con-
sent of the owner of the lands adjoining that to which such wharf
may he attached, build any part of such wharf outside of a line drawn
from the land of the owner of such wharf to the channel of said
river at right angles to said channel.

MERGER.

Art 62, s, 1.
1349, c 260.
Remedy of
owner against
lessee where
reversion ex-
pectant on lease
merges

6t Where the reversion of any land expectant on a lease shall be
merged in any other estate, the person entitled to the estate into
which such reversion shall have merged, shall have the same remedy
against the lessee, his representative or assigns, for non-payment of
rent or other forfeiture, or for not performing conditions, covenants,
or agreements, as the person entitled to the reversion would have
had if such reversion had not merged.

Id s 2
1852, c 255.
Conveyance by
mortgage or
assignment of
mortgage, to
lessor, not to
work merger
22 Md 275, 31
Md 106, 33
Md 85

7. There shall be no merger by reason of any conveyance by
way of mortgage, or assignment of mortgage, from the lessee of any
ground demised for a term of years, his executors, administrators,
or assigns, to the lessor of such ground or premises (whether by
original or sub-lease), his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns,
and the same rights and remedies shall exist as if the grantee in
such conveyance had no other interest or estate in the property
than the one thereby conveyed.

ALIENS.

1874, c 354
Eight to take
and hold lands.

To sell, devise,
etc.

8. Aliens, not enemies, may take and hold lands, tenements, and
hereditaments acquired by purchase or to which they would, if
citizens, be entitled by descent; and may sell, devise, or dispose of
the same, or transmit the same to their heirs as fully and effectually,
and in the same manner, as if by birth they were citizens of this
State.