1122 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 553

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 24, 1939.

CHAPTER 552.
(House Bill 728)

AN ACT to ratify and confirm the action of the County Com-
missioners of Montgomery County in conveyancing to Jesse
A. Lay and Beulah H. Lay, his wife, certain real property,
situate and lying in said county, by deed dated June 8,
1936, and recorded in the land records of said county and
to make the same valid and effective.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the action of the County Commissioners of Mont-
gomery County in granting and conveying certain real prop-
erty, situate and lying in said county, to Jesse A. Lay and
Beulah H. Lay, his wife, by deed dated June 8, 1936, and
recorded on April 27, 1937, in the land records of Montgomery
County in Liber C. K. W. No. 664, Folio 60, executing the
aforesaid deed, be and the same is hereby ratified, approved
and confirmed and that said deed be and it is hereby made
valid to all intent and purpose as though before said County
Commissioners granted and conveyed said property as afore-
said and executed the aforesaid deed, the said County Com-
missioners had had the express authority of the General
Assembly of Maryland so to do.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on June 1, 1939.

Approved May 24, 1939.

CHAPTER 553.

(House Bill 729)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Burgess and Council of
Boonsboro to purchase, construct or acquire by condemna-
tion a system of Water Works or Plant for the use and
benefit of the inhabitants of Boonsboro, in Washington