LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 275.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 146 o and 146 D of Article eighty-
one of the Code of Public General Laws, title " Revenue
and Taxes," and to re-enact the same with amendments; and
also to repeal Section 192 of said Article, so far as the same
relates to the several counties in this State outside of Balti-
more City, and to add a new section to said Article, applica-
ble to the said several counties ; said sections having been
added to said Article by the Acts of 1896, Chapter 120; said
new section to be known as Section 192 A, and to follow
Section 192.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 146 o and 146 D of Article eighty-one of
the Code of Public General Laws, title " Revenue and Taxes,"
be and the same are hereby repealed and reenacted with

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amendments ; and that section 192 of said Article be and the
same is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to the several coun-
ties outside of Baltimore city, and that a new section be added
to said Article, to be known as Section 192 A, and to follow
section 192, said sections, hereby repealed and re-enacted, having
been added to said Article by the Acts of 1896, chapter 120.
146 C. All covenants contained in any mortgage executed

Repeal.

after the 30th day of March, in the year 1896, for the payment
by the mortgagor of any or all taxes, assessments, public dues
or charges, levied or to be levied by law on the mortgage debt
created or secured by such mortgage, or on the interest cove-
nanted to be paid, are hereby declared null and void ; but
whenever any mortgage executed prior to said date contains
any such covenant the said mortgage shall be exempt from the
provisions of section 146 A of this Article.
146 D. Any person lending money on mortgage upon property

Null and
void.

in this State, their agent or attorney, in addition to the usual
oath or affirmation as to the bona fides of the consideration,
shall take an oath or affirmation, to be endorsed upon the mort-
gage and to follow immediately after the first- mentioned oath
or affirmation, to the effect that he has not required the mort-
gagor, his agent or attorney, or any person for the said mort-
gagor, to pay the tax levied upon the interest warranted to be
paid in advance, or will he require the same to be paid by the
mortgagor or any person for him during the existence of said
mortgage ; and upon the assignment of any mortgage in this
State, which mortgage was executed after the 30th day of

Oath to be
taken.