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159M. In all cases where the pre-existing laws direct or
require that any act or thing shall be done in or by said court
during the same term at which some other act or thing may be
done or happen, such first mentioned act or thing shall here-
after be done within thirty days after the doing or happening
of said last mentioned act or thing.

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

Approved April 13th. 1922.

CHAPTER 224.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 10 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, entitled ''Dorchester County, "
sub-title "County Commissioners, " to be known as Section
123A, and to follow immediately after Section 123 of said
article, requiring all real property to be transferred to the
county assessment books before deeds are received for
recording.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
10 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dor-
chester County, " sub-title "County Commissioners, " to be
known as Section 123A, to follow immediately after Section
123 of said article, and to read as follows:

123A. Before any deed for conveyance of real estate
in Dorchester County shall be received for record by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Dorchester 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 a transfer on the county assessment books of the said
property to the name of the new owner or owners thereof, and
as evidence of said transfer, shall stamp upon 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 to the County Commissioners, the person or per-
sons offering the same shall furnish said clerk with a statement
of the building's, if any, upon the land conveyed by said deed.
All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed.