1054 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 399

CHAPTER 398.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 1 of
Article 45 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edi-
tion), title "Husband and Wife," relating to the acquisition
of property passing from one to the other.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 1 of Article 45 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Husband and Wife," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to
read as follows:

1. The property, real and personal, belonging to a woman
at the time of her marriage, and all the property which she
may acquire or receive after her marriage, by purchase, gift,
grant, devise, bequest, descent, in the course of distribution,
by her own skill, labor or personal exertions, or in any other
manner, shall be protected from the debts of the husband,
and not in any way be liable for the payment thereof; pro-
vided, that no acquisition of property passing from one spouse
to the other, shall be valid if the same has been made or granted
in prejudice of the rights of subsisting creditors, who, how-
ever, must assert their claims within three years after the
acquisition of the property, or be absolutely barred, and., for the
purpose of asserting their rights under this section, claims of
creditors not yet due and matured shall be considered as due
and matured.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 399.

AN ACT to repeal Section 334 of Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title ''Crimes and Pun-
ishments," sub-title "Liquor Dealers," to repeal Section 335