2132 WORCESTER COUNTY. [ART. 24.

particular printing or advertising to be done, the amount to be
paid therefor, and the name of the person who is to do said print-
ing or advertising.

CRIER AND BAILIFFS.

1672, ch. 427.

90. The county commissioners are required to levy in advance
a sum of money sufficient to pay the crier and bailiffs of the
circuit court of Worcester county; and they shall pay the said
crier and bailiffs, upon the presentation of the certificate of the
clerk of said court, setting out their attendance and service.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

1880, ch. 129.

91. The provisions of sections 241 to 245 of article 4 of the
public local laws, title "City of Baltimore," relating to "Cruelty
to Animals," shall apply to Worcester county as fully as if
repeated in this article.

DEEDS AND MORTGAGES.

1882, ch. 441.

92. AU deeds of conveyance and mortgages for and upon
property in Worcester county 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, certifying to the
official character of the justice of the peace taking the same; and
all deeds of conveyance and mortgages of property in said county
which have been recorded in said county, without the seal of the
notary public before whom the acknowledgment was taken having
been first attached when the grantor resided in another State, and
the acknowledgment was made in that State, are declared to be
valid to all intents and purposes as if such defect and omission
did not exist; provided, that the execution and acknowledgment
of such deeds and mortgages in all other respects conformed to
the laws of this State in such cases made and provided, saving,
nevertheless, the rights of bona fide purchasers and encumbran-
cers without notice, and excepting also such as were in suit in.
courts of law or equity on May 31, 1882.