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been paid, and as evidence of said transfer, the Clerk to the
Commissioners of Dorchester County, and in case property
is in a city or town, also Clerk to the Commissioners of said
city or town, shall stamp upon said deed his certificate thereof,
and no deed shall be received for record without said certifi-
cate or certificates. At the time of submitting the deed to the
Clerk to the County Commissioners, or if the land be in a city
or town, to the Clerk to the Commissioners of the city or town
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. The Clerk of the Circuit
Court shall not record or accept for record any deed without
the certificate of the Clerk to the Commissioners of Dorchester
County, and if said property is in the corporate limits of a
city or town, a certificate from the Clerk to the Commission-
ers of such town or city, as prescribed by Section 203. If
the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall receive for record any
deed in violation of the provisions of this section, he shall be
subject to a penalty of twenty-five ($25. 00) dollars for each
deed so recorded. All Acts or part of Acts inconsistent here-
with are hereby repealed.

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

Approved May 11, 1939.

CHAPTER 650.
(House Bill 851)

AN ACT to incorporate the Town of Glenarden, comprising
the subdivisions of Glenarden and Glenarden Heights, in
Prince George's County, Maryland; to provide for the
government thereof; to grant certain powers to said muni-
cipal corporation; to require the County Commissioners
to pay over to said town a certain portion of the taxes
levied for county roads and bridges; to require the State
Roads Commission to pay over to said municipality a cer-
tain portion of the gasoline tax funds alloted to Prince
George's County, and to provide for the submission of this
Act to the qualified voters of said town for adoption or
rejection, and to appoint a committee to conduct such refer-
endum and the first election of officers to be held hereunder.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the citizens of the subdivisions of Glenarden and