' HERBERT E, O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 27

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 6A of Article '21 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Conveyancing", sub-title
"Conveyances in General", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

6A. Any and all deeds, mortgages, releases, bonds of convey-
ances, bills of sale, chattel mortgages and all other conveyances
of real and personal property and of any interest therein and
all agreements relating thereto and all other instruments of
any kind, which require acknowledgment under the law of
this State, may be acknowledged by any member of the armed
forces of the United States before any commissioned officer of
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or other branch
of the armed forces of the United States. An acknowledgment
made under the provisions hereof shall be in substantially the
following form:

"With the Armed Forces of the United States )
At...................................... )ss:

I hereby certify that the aforegoing instrument was ac-
knowledged this............. day of................ 194....,

by....................... serving in the armed forces of the

United States, before me, a Commissioned Officer in the active
service of the (Army of the United States, United States
Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard
or other branch of the armed forces of the United States, as
the case may be).

(Signature of Officer)

(Name, rank, unit to which he is attached,
and permanent address of officer). "

The officer taking such acknowledgment shall not be required
to affix a seal thereto. If the need for maintaining secrecy pre-
cludes disclosure of the place of execution or acknowledgment,
the words "an undisclosed place" may be supplied in lieu of the
appropriate foreign country, district, locality, nation or state.
No instrument acknowledged as provided herein shall be in-
valid because of a failure to state therein the place of execu-
tion or acknowledgment; and no acknowledgment made in
accordance with the provisions hereof shall be required to be
authenticated in any manner whatsoever.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved January 31, 1945.