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property owned by the United States in said town, or to sell
said property to the United States and to purchase any prop-
erty owned by the United States or other property within said
town of Salisbury for the purpose of aiding the United States
in securing a suitable site for the U. S. Post Office Building
and the County in securing a suitable site for the county jail.
The said County Commissioners, or a majority of them, are
hereby authorized in their discretion to execute a deed con-

veying any property owned by said County within the limits
of the town of Salisbury which may be exchanged or sold under
the provisions of this Act; provided, however, that the author-
ity and power conferred by this Act shall be exercised on or
before June 1, 1929.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1924.

Approved April 9, 1924.

CHAPTER 505.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's
County, " sub-title "County Commissioners, " said new section
to be known as Section 181A and to follow immediately after
Section 181 of said Article, requiring all real property to be
transferred on the County assessment books before deeds are
copied by the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince
George's County, " sub-title "County Commissioners, " said new
section to be known as Section 181 A, to follow immediately
after Section 181 of said Article, and to read as follows:

181A. Before any deed for the conveyance of real estate in
Prince George's County shall be copied in the deed books pro-
vided for that purpose by the Clerk of the Circuit Court there-
of, the said deed shall be submitted to the Transfer Clerk and
Auditor appointed by the County Commissioner of said coun-
ty, who shall thereupon make transfer on the county assess-
ment books of the said property to the name of the new owner
or owners thereof, and as evidence of said transfer, shall stamp
upon the said deed his certificate thereof, and no deed shall be
copied in the deed books without said certificate.