156 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 199

"Comptroller", said new section to be known as Section 20A,
to follow immediately after Section 20 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

20A. The bonds of all officers and employees of the State,
or of any agency of the State, shall be made to the State and,
with the exception of the bond of the State Comptroller, such
executed bonds shall be filed with the State Comptroller after
such approval and recording thereof as may be prescribed by
statute. All such bonds may be submitted by the said Comp-
troller to the State Law Department for approval as to form
and legal sufficiency.

SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of
laws, whether public general or public local, inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act be and they are hereby repealed to
the extent of such inconsistency.,

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved March 8, 1945.

CHAPTER 199.
(House Bill 136)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 1 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Alle-
gany County", sub-title "County Tax Collectors", said new
section to be known as Section 121A, and to follow imme-
diately after Section 121 of said Article, relating to tax
sales and proceedings and tax sale title in Allegany County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edi-
tion), title "Allegany County", sub-title "County Tax Col-
lectors", said new section to be known as Section 121A, to
follow immediately after Section 121 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

121 A. (a) When a sale of property for taxes, has been rati-
fied by order of court, no suit or action may be brought to
contest the title of the purchaser of such property on the
ground of any invalidity or irregularity in the proceedings
in connection with such sale—