130 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 66

CHAPTER 65.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article T of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, entitled ''Carroll County, "
sub-title "County Commissioners, " to be known as Section
22A and to follow immediately after Section 22 of said

Article, requiring all real property to be transferred to the
county assessment book before deeds are received for re-
cording.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Car-
roll County, " sub-title "County Commissioners, " to be known
as Section 22A, to follow immediately after Section 22 of said
Article and to read as follows:

22A. Before any deed for the conveyance of real estate in
Carroll County shall be received for record by the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Carroll County, the person offering said
deed for record shall submit the same to the Clerk to the
County Commissioners of said county, who shall thereupon

make transfer on the county assessment books of the said prop-
erty to the name of the new owner or owners thereof, and as
evidence of said transfer, shall stamp upon said deed his certifi-
cate thereof, and no deed shall be received for record without
said certificate; but before such property shall be transferred
on the assessment books in the office of said County Commis-
sioners, all public taxes, assessments and charges for the cur-
rent year and all prior years, shall have been paid. At the
time of submitting the deed to the Clerk to the County Com-
missioners, 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. All Acts or parts of Acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1st, 1922.

Approved March 14th, 1922.

CHAPTER 66.

AN ACT to authorize and direct the Police Commissioner of
Baltimore City to pay a pension to the widow of Michael
J. Egan