1008 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 457

annually on the first day of January in each and every year.
Two Thousand Dollars thereof, until the whole amount so issued
has been paid.

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

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 457.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 59A
of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Caroline County," sub-title "County Commissioners,"
as said section was enacted by Chapter 722 of the Acts of
1920, requiring all real property to be transferred on the
county assessment book before deeds are received for record-
ing, and providing that the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall
not send a list of alienations of property by deed to the Coun-
ty Commissioners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 59A of Article 6 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Caroline County," sub-title "County
Commissioners," as said section was enacted by Chapter 722 of
the Acts of 1920, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

59A. Before any deed for the conveyance of real estate in
Caroline Countv shall be received for record bv the Clerk of

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the Circuit Court thereof, the person offering said deed for
record shall submit the same to the Clerk to the County Com-
missioners of said county, who shall thereupon make transfer
on the County Assessment Books of the said property to the
name of the new owners thereof, and as evidence of said trans-
fer, shall stamp upon the said deed his certificate thereof, and
no deed shall be received for record without said certificate
At the time of submitting the deed to the Clerk of the County
Commissioners, the person or persons offering the same shall
furnish said clerk with a statement of the buildings, if any,
upon the land conveyed by said deed, and the price paid for
the property. If any deed is received by the Clerk of the
Court through the mails or accepted by him which has not said
certificate attached or stamped thereon, it shall be the duty