512 CONVEYANCING. ART. 21

M d. 506. Stanhope v. Dodge, 52 Md. 486. Reiff v. Eshleman, 52 Md.
582. Hartsock v Russell, 52 Md. 620 Russum v. Wanser, 53 Md. 93.
Shidy v. Cutter, 54 Md. 675. Brown v. Stewart, 56 Md. 431. Cahoon v.
Mlers, 67 Md. 579.

1888, art 21, sec 31. 1860, art. 24, sec. 30. 1856, ch. 113.

31. The affidavit required by the preceding section may be
made by one of several mortgagees, and shall have the same
effect as if made by all; or the said affidavit may be made by
any agent of a mortgagee; and when made by on agent, he
shall, in addition to the .affidavit above mentioned, make affi-
davit, to be endorsed upon the mortgage, that he is agent of
the mortgagee or mortgagees, or some one of them; which
affidavit shall be sufficient proof of such agency; and the
president, or other officer of a corporation, or the executor of
the mortgagee may make such affidavit.
Riswick v. Goodhue, 50 Md. 61.

Ibid sec. 32. 1860, art. 24 sec. 31. 1656, ch. 154, sec. 116. 1868, ch. 373.

321 An assignment of a mortgage may be made in the
following form or to the like effect:

" I hereby assign the within mortgage to the assignee.
" Witness my hand and seal this———day of——.

[SEAL.]"

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 v. Hardesty, 29 Md. 50. Chew v.
Buchanan, 30 Md. 375. Byles v. Tome, 39 Md. 461. Western Md. Land
Co. v. Goodwin, 77 Md. 272.

Ibid, sec 33 1860, art 24, sec. 32 1856, ch. 154, sec. 117. 1896, ch. 120

1898, ch. 49. 1898, ch. 275. 1898, ch. 501. 1900, ch. 81.

1902, ch. 26. 1902, ch. 102.

33. Every assignment made in the above form, or the same
in substance, endorsed upon the original mortgage, shall be
construed 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. But no
assignment of any mortgage executed since March 27, 1902,.
except for the purpose of foreclosure, shall be valid, except as
between the parties thereto, unless there be endorsed thereon