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veyances and agreements are in other respects in conformity
with the laws; provided, further, that nothing in this section
shall affect the interest of bona fide purchasers or creditors
without notice, who may have become so previous to June
1st,. 1949.

107. Any assignment of any mortgage, which assignment
has been heretofore executed and recorded, but which has
not been sealed and in which no mention of any seal has
been made or in which either of such defects, or any mortgage
or assignment of mortgage sworn to or not sworn to at all,
shall be and they are hereby made valid to all intents and
purposes, as if said mortgage or assignment of mortgage had
been in such matters in full conformity with the law in
force at the time of such execution-, provided, that any such
mortgage or assignment of mortgage is in other respects
legal and valid; and provided, further that nothing in Sec-
tions 103 and 107 shall affect the rights of any bona fide
purchasers or creditors, without notice, who become so prior
to June 1st, 1949.

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

Approved March 31, 1949.

CHAPTER 160
(House Bill 232)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 13 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (Higinbothom's 1942 Edi-
tion), title "Harford County", sub-title "Roads", to be
known as Section 448A, and to follow immediately after
Section 448 of said Article, relating to public dumps.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land,, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
13 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (Higin-
bothom's 1942 Edition), title "Harford County", sub-title
"Roads", to be known as Section 448A, to follow immediately
after Section 448 of said Article, and to read as follows:

448A. The Roads Engineer shall have charge and super-
vision of any public dumps that may be established by the
County Commissioners and of all machinery, equipment and