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And such assignment shall be recorded on the record in the
office of the clerk of the court where the original mortgage is
recorded, and at or near the foot of the said mortgage, in a blank
to be left by the clerk who shall record such mortgage.

Woodville v. Reed, 26 Md. 179. Lester B. Hardesty, 29 Md. 50. Chew v.
Buchanan, 30 Md. 375. Byles v. Tome, 39 Md. 461.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 24, sec. 32. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 117.

33. Every assignment made in the above form, or the same in
substance, endorsed upon the original mortgage, shall be con-
strued and deemed sufficient to convey to the assignee every right
which the assignor possessed under said mortgage at the time of
the assignment thereof, in as full and ample a manner as any
instrument of writing whatever could do.

Lester v. Hardesty, 29 Md. 50. Gelston v. Thompson, 29 Md. 595. C. C. &
3. Co. v. Parrish, 42 Md. 614.

Ibid. sec. 33. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 118.

34. A release of a mortgage may be made in the following

form, or to the like effect:

" I hereby release the above (or within) mortgage.
"Witness my hand and seal this —— day of ——.

[SEAL.]"
Morris v. Gelston, 34 Md. 413. Brown v. Stewart, 56 Md. 432.

Ibid. sec. 34. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 119.

35. Such release may be written by the mortgagee, or his
assignee, upon the record in the office where the mortgage is
recorded, and attested by the clerk of the court; and the clerk, at
the time of recording every mortgage, shall leave a blank space
at the foot thereof for the purpose of entering such release.
Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 85. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 120.

36. Or, such a release may be endorsed on the original mort-
gage by the mortgagee or his assignee; and upon such mortgage,
with the release thereon endorsed, being filed in the office in

which the mortgage is recorded, the clerk shall record such re-
lease at the foot of the mortgage.
Ibid.