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shall report, under oath, any sale he may make to the court,
and also report his proceedings whenever he may be required
by the court.

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

Approved April 7, 1910.

CHAPTER 122.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 223
of Article 16 of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, title "Chancery," subtitle "Trustees."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 223 of Article 16 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, title "Chancery," subtitle "Trustees,"
be and the. same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

SEC. 223. All sales heretofore made, and all deeds, demises
and other instruments of writing granting and conveying real,
personal or mixed estates heretofore executed and delivered
by the trustee or trustees to whom any estate, real, personal or
mixed had heretofore been limited and conveyed for the bene-
fit of creditors, or to be sold for any other purpose; or as se-
curity for debt, or to be sold upon a contingency, and who
gave bond with but one surety, shall be and the same are here-
by made valid and effective to pass title and valid to all in-
tents and purposes, as if the said bond given by the said
trustee or trustees had had two sureties or more thereon, as
required by Section two hundred and twenty-one, or Section
two hundred and twenty-two, of Article 16, Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland; provided, that such trustee or trus-
tees has or have complied with all the other requirements of law,
and such sales, deeds, demises and other instruments of writ-
ing are in conformity with the law; provided that such sales
have been ratified; and provided further, that nothing in this
Act shall affect the interest of bona fide purchasers and incum-
brances without notice, and creditors who may have become
such prior to the passage of this Act; and provided, neverthe-
less, that nothing in this Act shall operate to divest any lien or
claim upon property passing under such trustee's deed which
may now exist, or which may hereafter arise, for the benefit
and protection of any cestui que trust, the purchase money
may not have been properly applied.

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

Approved April 5, 1910.