1842

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 66.

Oath, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That before the said corder
shall proceed to act as such, he shall take an oath, faithful-
ly to perform his duty as corder for said village and landings
to the best of his skill and judgment, without favour, affec-
tion, partiality or prejudice.

Corder — du-
ties — penalty.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That when any person may
want wood measured, he shall call on the corder in person,
or by a written notice to the corder aforesaid, whose duty
it shall be immediately thereafter, to measure the same, but
that nothing herein contained, shall be construed or taken
to compel any person or persons to have or their wood
measured or inspected, but that all persons wishing it, shall
have it done by the corder appointed as aforesaid; and if
any person shall measure any wood at the village of north
east or landings of said river, and receive pay therefor,
without being appointed by the Governor and confirmed by
the Senate as aforesaid, and contrary to the true intent and
meaning of this act, such person so offending shall forfeit
and pay twenty dollars for each and every offence, to be re-
covered and collected in the manner other small debts are
collected out of court, of half of which shall be appropri-
ated to the informer, and the other half to the use of the
State.

CHAPTER 66.

Passed Feb.
10, 1843.

An act to make valid a deed therein mentioned, between the
parties thereto.

Deed made
valid:

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the deed executed by the heirs and the legal represen-
tatives of the heirs of the Rev. William Hendel, late of the
city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, deceas-
ed, to Salome Hendel of the city and State aforesaid, for
the conveyance of a lot of ground in Howard's late addition
to the city of Baltimore, and numbered seven hundred, in
the plan of the said addition, as the said deed was left to he
recorded on the 19th day of July, A. D. eighteen hundred
and thirty-seven is recorded among the records of the Bal-
timore county courts in Liber T. K. No. two hundred and
seventy-one, folio three hundred and twenty-eight, &c. and
shall be taken and considered in all courts of law and equi-
ty, in the State of Maryland and elsewhere as good and va-
lid, and to all intents and purposes, as an absolute convey-
ance of all the said parties to the said deed unto her the said
Salome Hendel, as if the said deed had been acknowledged
in conformity with the existing laws of the State of Mary-
land.