JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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supervision to be kept cleaned, smooth and in good repair,
but the said supervisors shall at all times be subject to the
orders and under the direction of the said County Commis-
sioners, and the said County Commissioners shall have control
over all the public roads in said county except in incorporated
towns, and may make such rules and regulations governing
the conduct of the road supervisors and for repairing, cleaning,
mending and improving the public roads as they may deem,
necessary.
Approved March 5, 1902.

CHAPTER 26.
AN ACT to repeal Section 146 D of Article 81 of the Code
of Public General Laws, title "Revenue and Taxes,"
sub-title "Tax on Mortgages," as the same was enacted by
Chapter 275 of the Acts of 1898, and to re-enact said
Section amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 146 D of article 81 of the Code of

CHAP. 25.

Roads to be
kept
in repair.

Public General Laws, title "Revenue an.d Taxes," sub-title
"Tax on Mortgages," as the same was enacted by chapter 275
of the Acts of 1898, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows :
146 D. Any person or corporation lending money on mort-
gage upon property in this State, their agent or attorney, in

Repeal.

addition to the usual oath or affirmation as to the bona fides
of the consideration, shall take an oath or make an affirmation,
to be endorsed upon the mortgage, and to follow immediately
after the said oath or affirmation, as follows : "And did also
make oath in due form of law (or did solemnly and truly
declare and affirm) that the mortgagee has not required the
mortgagor, his agent or attorney, or any person for the said
mortgagor, to pay the tax levied upon the interest covenanted
to be paid, in advance, nor will he require any tax levied
thereon to be paid by the mortgagor, or any person for him,
during the existence of this mortgage;" and upon the assign-
ment of any mortgage in this State, which mortgage was exe-
cnted after the 30th day of March, in the year of 1896,
except for the purpose of foreclosure, the assignee, his agent
or attorney, shall take the oath or make the affirmation
prescribed in this section ; and when said oath or affirmation
is made by an agent or attorney, he shall, in addition thereto,
make oath or affirmation that he is the agent or attorney of
the assignee, which oaths or affirmation shall be recorded with
the assignment. No mortgage or assignment of mortgage
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Oath to be
taken.