378 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 202

"Conveyancing, " sub-title "Mortgages, " be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

42. A release of a mortgage or deed of trust may be
made in the following form, or to the like effect:

"I hereby release the above (or within) mortgage (or
deed of trust).

"Witness my hand and seal this................ day of..............

(Seal. )"

43. Such release may be written by the mortgagee, or
his assignee, or the trustee under a deed of trust, upon
the record in the office where the mortgage, or deed of
trust is recorded, and attested by the clerk of the court;
and the clerk at the time of recording every mortgage,
or deed of trust shall leave a blank space at the foot thereof
for the purpose of entering such release.

44. Or, such a release may be endorsed on the original
mortgage or deed of trust by the mortgagee or his as-
signee, or the trustee under a deed of trust; and upon
such mortgage or the deed of trust, with the release
thereon endorsed, being filed in the office in which the
mortgage or the deed of trust is recorded, the clerk shall
record such release at the foot of the mortgage or the
deed of trust.

45. When the mortgage or the deed of trust, with the
release thereon, is filed for the purpose of recording the
release, the clerk shall retain such mortgage or deed of
trust in his office and not permit the same to be again
withdrawn for a period of twenty-five (25) years, after
which time he may destroy it; provided, however, that if
the release is partial in its character, after the recording
of the same, the clerk may permit the mortgage or the
deed of trust to be withdrawn.

46. Every release executed in either of the above modes
shall be construed and deemed sufficient to release said
mortgage or deed of trust, as fully and effectually as any
instrument of writing whatever could do.

47. A release or assignment may be made by an execu-
tor or assignee in the same manner and form and with
like effect as by the mortgagee or trustee under a deed of
trust; this section to apply to every assignee, whether he