THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1755

and such notation in such indexes shall have the same effect
as if such instrument were recorded in full among such Chattel
Records; any instrument of sale reserving title to or a lien
on any item of furnishing or equipment which the clerk is
advised is or is to be affixed to particular real property, which
real property shall be suffciently described in the instrument
for identification purposes, shall be so recorded in such Chattel
Re-cords only in the same manner as other similar documents
relating to Chattels, but in such case, if an interested party
shall so request, the index of Land Records and the general
alphabetical index provided for in Section 69 of this Article,
shall include a notation that such instrument has been re-
corded among such Chattel Records, and such notation in such
indexes shall have the same effect as if such instrument were
recorded in full among such Land Records; all of which books
shall be provided by said clerks and each of which books shall
contain an alphabetical index of the names of all parties to
such instilments of writing as are recorded therein; provided
that they shall not be required to record or receive for record-
ing, any deed, mortgage, bill of sale, chattel mortgage, or other
instrument of writing, unless the fees for recording the same
as regulated by law shall first be paid by the person offering
the same for record.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 71 of Ar-
ticle 21 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition),
title Conveyancing, " sub-title "Conditional Contracts of Sale, "
as said section was amended by Chapter 430 of the Acts
of 1949, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

71. Every note, sale or contract for the sale of goods and
chattels, or of any item of furnishing or equipment which is
affixed to real property, wherein the title thereto, or a lien
thereon, is reserved until the same be paid in whole or in part,
or the transfer of title is made to depend upon any condition
therein expressed and possession is to be delivered to the
vendee, shall, in respect to such reservation and condition, be
void as to subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, incumbrancers,
landlords with liens, pledges, receivers, and creditors who
acquired without notice a lien by judicial proceedings on such
goods and chattels [without notice], or in the case of any
item affixed to real property on such real property, until such
note, sale or contract be in writing, signed by the vendee and
be recorded, as provided in this section and Section 65 of
Article 17, in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City, or in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Courts of the
various counties, as the case may be, where the vendee resides,
or in the case of a corporate or partnership vendee, then where