174 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 179

sioners", to provide that the taxes on the property to be
transferred shall be paid before a deed is received for
record in Carroll County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 42 of Article 7 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Carroll County",
. sub-title "County Commissioners", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

42. Before any deed for the conveyance of real estate
in Carroll County shall be received for record by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Carroll County, the person offering
; said deed for record shall submit the same to the Clerk to
the County Commissioners of said county, who shall there-
upon make transfer on the county assessment books of the
said property to the name of the new owner or owners
thereof, and as evidence of said transfer, shall stamp upon
said deed his certificate thereof, and no deed shall be re-
ceived for record without said certificate; but before such
property shall be transferred on the assessment books in
the office of said County Commissioners, all public taxes,
assessments and charges for the current year and all prior
years, upon the property so transferred, shall be paid,
and such payment shall be evidenced by the certificate
of the tax collector stamped on said deed. At the time
of submitting the deed to the Clerk of the County Com-
missioners, the person or persons offering the same shall
furnish said clerk with a statement of the buildings, if any,
upon the land conveyed by said deed.

SEC. 2. And b e it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
fof Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
shall take effect June 1, 1943.

Approved March 18, 1943.

CHAPTER 179.

(Senate Bill 183)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section
344 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Carroll County", sub-title "Sheriff", as