ALBERT C. RITCHIE,, GOVERNOR, 505

CHAPTER 281.

AN ACT to repeal Section 123-A of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County, " sub-title
"County Commissioners, " as enacted by Chapter 224 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1922, and to
re-enact the said Section 123-A with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 123-A of Article 10 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Dorchester County, "
sub-title "County Commissioners, as enacted by Chapter 224
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1922, be and
the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments,
so as to read as follows:

123-A. 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 offer-
ing said deed for record shall submit the same to the Clerk to
the County Commissioners of said County, and if the property
conveyed in the said conveyance shall be situated within the
corporate limits of the City of Cambridge, in said County, then,
in addition to submitting it to the Clerk to the County Com-
missioners, such deed or conveyance shall also be submitted to
the Clerk to the Commissioners of Cambridge, who shall there-
upon make a transfer on the County Assessment Books, and
if the said property is in the City of Cambridge, also a trans-
fer upon the Assessment Books of the said City of the said
property, to the name of the new owner or owners thereof, and
as evidence of said transfer, the Clerk to the Commissioners of
Dorchester County, and in case the property is in the City of
Cambridge, also the Clerk to the Commissioners of Cambridge,
shall stamp upon said deed his certificate thereof, and no deed
shall be received for record without said certificate or certifi-
cates. At the time of submitting the deed to the Clerk to the
County Commissioners, or if the land be in the City of Cam-
bridge, to the Clerk to the Commissioners of Cambridge, the
person or persons offering the same shall furnish said Clerk
or Clerks, 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sistent herewith are hereby repealed.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 from and after June 1st, 1927.

Approved April 5, 1927.