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of honorary membership of the said regiment or separate or-
ganiation, to be signed by the commanding officer thereof, or
some other officer designated by him for that purpose, and
bearing the date of its issue, which certificate shall exempt
the said honorary member from petit jury duty for one year
from the date of the issue of the said certificate, provided the
same be filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City or the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any county
before the drawing of the jury.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1910.

ARTICLE LXVI.

MORTGAGES.

CHAPTER 719.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 25
of Article 66, title "Mortgages," of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland of 1904.

Whereas, the titles to real and leasehold properties subject to
mortgages securing promissory notes are frequently clouded
by reason of such promissory notes being lost or destroyed;
and,

Whereas, it is proper that the true ownership of a mrotgage
debt should always be shown upon the land or mortgage
records; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 25 of Article 66, title "Mortgages," of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland of 1904, be and the
same is hereby repealed aud re-enacted with amendments, so
as to read as follows:

25. The title to all promissory notes and other instruments
hereafter made and debts hereafter contracted, secured by
mortgage or deeds in the nature of a mortgage, shall both be-
fore and after the maturity of such notes, other instruments
or debts, be conclusively presumed to be vested in the person,
persons or body corporate holding the record title to such
mortgage or deed in the nature of a mortgage; and if such
mortgage or deed in the nature of a mortgage is duly released
of record, the promissory notes, other instruments or debts se-
cured by such mortgage or deed in the nature of a mortgage,
shall both before and after the maturity of such promissory
notes, other instruments or debts, be conclusively presumed to