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hereinbefore mentioned in this section, instituted after
June 1, 1947, and involving amounts not exceeding Three
Hundred Dollars nor less than One Hundred Dollars.

(f) Trial Magistrates of Dorchester County shall have
civil jurisdiction in all cases hereinbefore mentioned in
this section, instituted after June 1, 1949, and involving
amounts not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 31, 1949.

CHAPTER 88
(Senate Bill 141)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
45, of Article 21, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Conveyancing, " sub-title "Bills of
Sales, " relating to the recording of Bills of Sale and
Mortgages of Personal Property.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 45, of Article 21, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Conveyancing, " sub-title
"Bills of Sale, " be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

45. No personal property, of any description whatever,
whereof the vendor, mortgagor, or donor shall remain in
possession, shall pass, alter or change, or any property
therein be transferred to any purchaser, mortgagee or
donee, as against subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, in-
cumbrancers, landlords with liens, pledgees, receivers, and
creditors who acquired a lien by judicial proceedings on
such personal property, unless by bill of sale or mortgage
acknowledged and recorded as herein provided; but noth-
ing herein shall be construed to extend to any sale or gift,
where the same is accompanied by delivery, nor to invali-
date such transfer as between the parties thereto.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved March 31, 1949.