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to the deed such certificate, and the certificate shall be recorded
with the deed.

Lewis' Lessee v. Waters, 3 H. & McH. 432. Beall v. Lynn, 6 H. & J. 355.
Sitler v. McComas, 66 Md. 139.

1888, art. 21, sec. 7. 1860, art. 24, sec. 7. 1856, ch. 154, sec 88.

7. To every certificate of acknowledgment, taken without
this State, before the judge of any court having a seal, the seal
of such court shall be affixed.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1860, art. 24, sec. 8. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 89.

8. The certificate of acknowledgment shall contain :

1st. The name of the person making the acknowledgment.

2d. The official style of the officer taking the acknowl-
edgment.

3d. The time when it was taken.

4th. A statement that the grantor acknowledged the deed
to be his act, or made an acknowledgment to the like effect.

Kelly v. Rosenstock, 45 Md. 389. Frostburg Mut. Bldg. Ass'n v. Brace,
51 Md. 510.

Ibid, sec 9. 1860, art. 24, sec. 9. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 24.

9. All deeds conveying real estate which shall contain the
names of the grantor and grantee, or bargainor and bargainee,
a consideration in cases where a consideration is necessary to
the validity of a deed, and a description of the real estate
sufficient to identify the same with reasonable certainty, and
the interest or estate intended thereby to be conveyed, shall be
sufficient, if executed, acknowledged and recorded as herein
required.

Harding v. Allen, 70 Md. 395. Bay v. Posner, 78 Md. 47.

Ibid. sec. 10 1860, art. 24, sec 10. 1856, ch. 154, sec. 25.

10. Every deed conveying real estate shall be signed and
sealed by the grantor or bargainor, and attested by at least one
witness.

Carrico v. Farmers & Merchants' Bank, 33 Md. 235. Brydon v. Campbell,
40 Md. 331. Riswick v. Goodhue, 50 Md. 61.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1860, art. 24, sec. 11. 1856, ch. 154, secs. 10, 11.

11. No words of inheritance shall be necessary to create an
estate in fee simple, but every conveyance of real estate shall
be construed to pass a fee simple estate, unless a contrary