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WHEREAS, there seems to be no reason for the filing of regis-
ters and papers by notaries public at the present time; and

WHEREAS, as a matter of fact, such papers have not been
filed for many years; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 53 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Clerks of Courts", sub-title
"General Duties of Clerks", be and it is hereby repealed.

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

Approved February 9? 1945.

CHAPTER 60.
(Senate Bill 26)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
179 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title "Guardian and
Ward", to correct an error in said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 179 of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Testamentary Law", sub-title
"Guardian and Ward", be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

179. Whenever ground rents reserved in leases created
heretofore, or hereafter become redeemable, and the title to
the fee and reversion in the land out of which said rents issue
is held by and vested in infants, the Orphans' Court may,
upon petition of guardians of such infants, order the transfer
and conveyance of the fee and reversion in such land to the
owner of the leasehold interest therein, upon payment of the
amount of money at and for which the said ground rents may
be redeemable; and deeds made, executed and delivered by
guardians for and on behalf of such infants, in pursuance
of an order of the Orphans' Court as aforesaid, shall vest
in the owner of the leasehold estate, his heirs and assigns,
all right, title, interest and estate of the said infant owners
of the fee and reversion, either at law or in equity, in and to
the same; and the money arising from such redemption of