1526 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 870

Any such donee or grantee may also release, surrender
or give up any such power to any extent above provided
by any means or methods valid and effective in the ab-
sence of this Section.

345B. The Register of Wills in each County and in the
City of Baltimore and the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
each County and of the Superior Court of Baltimore City
shall record promptly all such written instruments deliv-
ered to him or to the Record office as aforesaid in a book
or books to be styled "Releases of Powers of Appoint-
ment; " said books shall contain an alphabetical index of
the names of the donors, creators or grantors of such pow-
ers of appointment and of the donees or grantees by or for
whom such written instruments are signed; each of said
clerks shall also keep a full and complete general alpha-
betical index as to such written instruments delivered to
him or to the Record office as aforesaid which said index
may be the index in use for conveyances of real estate;
provided, however, that no Register or Clerk shall be re-
quired to record any such written instrument unless the
fees for recording the same as hereinafter provided shall
first be paid. The fees f or recording such written instru-
ments shall be the same as those charged by said Clerk or
Register for the recordation of Deeds or Wills, and no
recordation tax now or hereafter imposed shall be imposed
or payable upon any such written instrument offered for
record or recorded.

345C. It is hereby declared that the aforesaid written
instruments and the release, surrender or giving up of any
such power to any extent and by any methods or means
contemplated by Section 345A are in accordance with the
public policy of this State, and any such written instrument
delivered as provided in Section 345A at any time after
January 1, 1942, shall be valid and effective; provided,
further, that any such release, surrender or giving up valid
and effective in the absence of Section 345A shall be valid
and effective whether made before or after January 1, 1942.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That insofar as the
provisions of this Act may conflict with other Acts or parts
thereof, the provisions of this Act shall control.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any one or
more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this Act shall
for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be
adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions
thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the spe-