224 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 63

(c) The Secretary of State shall notify registrants of
trade-marks hereunder of the necessity of renewal within
the year next preceding the expiration of the ten years
from the date of registration by writing to the last known
address of the registrants.

(d) Any registration in force on June 1, 1954, shall
expire ten years from the date of the registration or of the
last renewal thereof or one year after June 1, 1954, which-
ever is later, and may be renewed by filing an application
with the Secretary of State on a form furnished by him
and paying the aforementioned renewal fee therefor within
six months prior to the expiration of the registration.

(e) The Secretary of State shall within six months after
June 1, 1954, notify all registrants of trade-marks under
previous acts of the date of expiration of such registrations
unless renewed in accordance with the provisions of this
sub-heading by writing to the last known address of the
registrants.

87F. (Assignment.) Any trade-mark and its registra-
tion hereunder shall be assignable with the good will of
the business in which the trade-mark is used, or with that
part of the good will of the business connected with the
use of and symbolized by the trade-mark. Assignment shall
be by instruments in writing duly executed and may be
recorded with the Secretary of State upon the payment of
a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) payable to the Secretary of
State who, upon recording of the assignment, shall issue
in the name of the assignee a new certificate for the re-
mainder of the term of the registration or of the last
renewal thereof. An assignment of any registration under
this sub-heading shall be void as against any subsequent
purchaser for valuable consideration without notice unless
it is recorded with the Secretary of State within three
months after the date thereof or prior to such subsequent
purchase.

87G. (Records.) The Secretary of State shall keep for
public examination a record of all trade-marks registered
or renewed under this sub-heading.

87H. (Cancellation.) The Secretary of State shall
cancel from the register:

(1) after one year from June 1, 1954, all registrations
under prior acts which are more than ten years old and not
renewed in accordance with this sub-heading;