1841.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 132.

CHAPTER 131.

Passed Feb
24, 1842.

An act to make valid Deeds and other Instruments of Writ-
ing defectively executed and attested.

Deeds, &c.
made valid

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all deeds and other instruments of writing which have
been executed and acknowledged % this State, since the
tenth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-five,
which may not have been certified by the takers of ac-
knowledgments of said deeds or other instruments of writ-
ing, as required by the act of December session, eighteen
hundred and thirty-one, chapter two hundred and five, be
and the same are hereby confirmed and made valid to all in-

Provisoes

tents and purposes; provided, that in all other respects the
said deeds or other instruments of writing have been execu-
ted, acknowledged and recorded in conformity with existing
laws; and provided, that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to affect the interests of bona fide purchasers or third
parties without notice.

CHAPTER 132.

Passed Feb
24, 1842

A further supplement to the act entitled, an act to provide
for the public instruction of Youth in Primary Schools
throughout this State, passed at December session, eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-five, chapter one hundred and
sixty-two, and the several supplements thereto, so far as
the same relate to Kent County.

May reject
scholars, not
residents of
the district

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it may and shall
be lawful for the trustees of the several school districts in
Kent county, to receive or reject scholars residing in other
districts of the county, as the necessities of their respective
districts, and due justice to children, bona fide residents
thereof may require.