ART. 79.] RELEASES AND RECEIPTS TO TRUSTEES. 1199

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 79, sec. 6. 1831, ch. 805, sec. 7.

6. Any release, receipt or power of attorney authorized to be
recorded in the preceding sections shall remain, and be retained
and preserved in the office of the register of wills, and shall not
be delivered to any person.

Ibid sec. 7. 1816, ch. 134, sec. 1. 1882, ch. 15.

7. All receipts, releases and final discharges from persons re-
siding in this State authorized to execute the same, to any trus-
tee appointed by any court of equity, by deed or by will, (and
any female over the age of eighteen years is hereby authorized
to execute the same for the proceeds of the sale of real estate or
leasehold property,) acknowledged before any officer authorized to
take the acknowledgment of deeds of real estate, may be recorded,
and the clerk of the court by which said trustee was appointed or
in which the deed was recorded or trust executed, or the register
of wills in whose office the will was recorded, shall record the
same in a well-bound book to be kept for that purpose.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1816, ch. 134, sec. 2. 1882, ch. 15.

8. Any receipt, release or final discharge from any person
authorized to execute the same to any trustee as mentioned in
the preceding section, (and any female over the age of eighteen
years is hereby authorized to execute the same to any trustee for
the proceeds of the sale of reai estate or leasehold property,)
acknowledged by any non-resident of this State, before any officer
authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds of real estate, and
certified as required for deeds of real estate, may be received and
recorded by such clerk or register.

Ibid. sec. 9. 1816, ch. 134, sec. 3. 1882, ch. 15.

9. A copy of such receipt, release or final discharge, acknowl-
edged and recorded as directed in either of the preceding sections,
duly attested under the seal of the office in which the same is
recorded, shall be admitted as evidence to prove such receipt,
release or final discharge.