724 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 226

gage, or on the interest covenanted to be paid, are hereby de-
clared null and void; but whenever any mortgage executed
prior to said date contains any such covenant the said mort-
gage shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 729.

729C. Any person or corporation lending money on mort-
gage upon property in Frederick County, his or its agent or
attorney, in addition to the usual oath or affirmation as to the
bona fides of the consideration, shall take oath or make an
affirmation, to be endorsed upon the mortgage, and to follow
immediately after the said oath or affirmation, as follows:
"And did also make oath in due form of law (or did solemnly
and truly declare and affirm) that the mortgagee has not re-
quired the mortgagor, his agent or attorney, or any person for
the said mortgagor, to pay the tax levied upon the interest cove-
nanted to be paid, in advance, nor will he require any tax
levied thereon to be paid by the mortgagor, or any person for
him, during the existence of this mortgage"; and upon the as-
signment of any mortgage upon property in Frederick County,
which mortgage was executed after the thirtieth day of March,
in the year 1896, except for the purpose of foreclosure, the
assignee, his agent or attorney shall take the oath or make the
affirmation prescribed in this section; and when said oath or
affirmation is made by an agent or attorney, he shall, in addi-
tion thereto, make oath or affirmation that he is the agent or
attorney of the assignee, which oaths or affirmation shall be
recorded with the assignment. No mortgage or assignment of
mortgage shall be valid except as between the parties thereto,
unless the said oaths or affirmation shall be endorsed thereon;
provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to mortgages
executed and recorded in Frederick county prior to March 15,
1902,

729D. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the Circuit
Court for Frederick County to render to the Board of County
Commissioners of said County on the first day of each month,
a complete list of all mortgages recorded, released and as-
signed in his office during the last month, which said list shall
give the names of the mortgagee and mortgagor, the location
of the property covered by the mortgage, the date of its exe-
cution, the time of expiration, the amount of the mort-
gage and the rate of interest covenanted to be paid, under a
penalty of three hundred dollars for his neglect to do so, to
be recovered as other fines are now recovered, and said clerk