282 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 161

missioners", as the same was repealed and re-enacted by
Chapter 15 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land, 1935, providing for the payment of all taxes on real
estate and chattels before a conveyance of the same may be
recorded in Cecil County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 132 of Article 8 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Cecil County", sub-
title "County Commissioners", as the same was repealed and
re-enacted by Chapter 15 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, 1935, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:

132. Before any deed for the conveyance of real or per-
sonal property in Cecil County shall be received for record by
the clerk of the Circuit Court thereof, the person offering said
deed for record shall submit the same to the clerk to the
County Commissioners of said county, who shall thereupon
make transfer on the county assessment books of the said
property to the name of the new owner or owners thereof, and
as evidence of said transfer, shall stamp upon the said deed
his certificate thereof, and no deed shall be received for record
without said certificate. At the time of submitting the deed
of real estate to the clerk of the County Commissioners, the
person or persons offering the same shall furnish said clerk
with a statement of the buildings, if any, upon the land con-
veyed by said deed, and the price paid for the property. No
property shall be transferred on the land records of Cecil
County by the Clerk of the Circuit Court thereof unless and
until all public taxes, assessments and charges, including all
installments thereof not then due, which are due on said
property, together with taxes due by the transferor on per-
sonal property for the current year and all prior years shall
have been paid to the treasurer of said county and to the Col-
lector of State and County Taxes for said county, who shall
indorse the fact of payment thereof on the instrument convey-
ing the same, which indorsement, together with certificate of
the clerk to the County Commissioners, shall be. sufficient to
authorize the receipt of such instrument for record. If the
clerk of the Circuit Court shall receive for record any deed
without requiring the provisions of this section to be complied
with, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50. 00)
for each deed so recorded.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1937.

Approved May 18, 1937.