HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

tion of Maryland; and provided, further, that
said bonds or certificates of indebtedness shall
not be sold for less than par, nor until bids
therefor have been duly advertised.

Approved April 7, 1886.

CHAPTER 236.

AN ACT to amend the twenty-fourth article
of the Code of Public General Laws, relating
to conveyancing, by adding a section thereto,
relating to the construction of words im-
porting the failure of issue contained in
deeds.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That in any deed here-
after executed, of any real or personal estate,
the words "die without issue," or, "die without
leaving issue," or, "have no issue," or any other
words which may import either a want or a

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failure of issue of any person in Ms lifetime,
or at the time of his death, or an indefinite
failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean
a want or failure of issue in the lifetime, or
at the time of the death of such person, and
not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a
contrary intention shall appear by the deed.

Approved April 7, 1886.

Failure of Is-
sue.