1861.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 76.

and City Council of Baltimore shall create a sink-
ing fund to meet the liabilities to be incurred under
the first section of this law, and may also levy
upon the assessable property of the city of Balti-
more from time to time such sum or sums as may
be necessary to provide therefor, and for the pay-
ment of the principal and interest of the liabilities
to be incurred under this act, and may pass all
ordinances necessary to carry out the purposes of
the same.

Repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That section eight
hundred and seventy-one of Article four of the Code
of Public Local Laws, be and the same is hereby
repealed, without prejudice to any lawful acts
already done thereunder.

In force.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and immediately after its passage.

CHAPTER 76.

Passed June
22, 1861.

AN ACT to authorize the affidavit required of
Mortgagees before sale, by Article four, section
seven hundred and eighty-three of the Public
Local Laws of Baltimore city, to be made before
the persons herein mentioned.

Affidavit.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the affidavit required by Article
four, Section seven hundred and eighty-three of the
Code of Public Local Laws, to be made by the
mortgagees, their executors, administrators or as-
signs to the statement of the mortgage claim, may
hereafter be made before the Judge mentioned in
said article, and section, or before any Justice of
the Peace for the county or city where the mortga-
gees, their executors, administrators or assigns
may be at the time of the making of said affidavit,
if within this State; the official character of the
Justice being certified by the Clerk of the Circuit
or Superior Court of such county or city under his