754 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 405
the active service of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Signature of Officer
Rank of Officer and Command to which attached

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 9 of
Article 21 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion), title "Conveyancing, " sub-title "Conveyances in
General, " be and it is hereby transferred and added to
Article 18 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edi-
tion), title "Acknowledgments, " said section to be known
as Section 22 and to follow immediately after Section 21
of said Article.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any legal in-
strument which has been properly acknowledged within
the two years next preceding June 1, 1953, according to the
laws and practices then existing, shall not be construed
to be defective or wrongfully acknowledged by reason of
any provision contained in this Act, but the same shall be
construed and treated as properly acknowledged for all
the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 11, 1953.

CHAPTER 405
(Senate Bill 31)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
8 (b), 12 (a), 14 (a), 14 (b), 28 (B), 28 (d), 30 (c),
31 (b), 44, 62, 63, 69 (c), 124 (a), 124 (c), 126 (a),
128 (b), 130 (a), 131 (b) and 132 of Article 23 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Cor-
porations", and to add a new sub-section to Section 131
of said Article, said new sub-section to be known as Sub-
section (d) and to follow immediately after Sub-section

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.