THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1846.

CHAPTER 152.

CHAP. 153.

A supplement to an act entitled, an act to enable pur-
chasers to obtain possession of lands and premises sold
by Sheriffs, Coroners, and Elisors at public auction.

Passed Feb.
27, 1847.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That no action hitherto or hereafter instituted
for the recovery of the possession of lands or tenements
by virtue of the provisions of the act to which this is
supplementary, shall abate by reason of the death of
the purchaser or purchasers before obtaining such pos-

session.

No action, &c.

to abate, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in the event of the
death of any such purchaser or purchasers before or after
the institution of such action as aforesaid, his or her, or
their heir or heirs, devisee or devisees, as the case may
be, shall and may have and enjoy the same benefit and
advantage under the provisions of the said original act,
as the said purchaser or purchasers might have had and
enjoyed.

In the event
of death, &c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this
act shall take effect and be in force from and after the day
of its passage.

CHAPTER 153.

Take effect.

A further supplement to the act passed at December ses-
sion, eighteen hundred and forty-four, chapter one hun-
dred and eighty-seven, imposing a tax on commissions
allowed to trustees and receivers.

Passed Feb.
26, 1847.

WHEREAS, doubts are entertained of the true con-
struction of the supplement to the said original act, passed
at December session, eighteen hundred and forty-five,
chapter one hundred and sixty-six, for remedy whereof,
and to remove such doubts.

Preamble.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the said supplement, passed at Decem-
ber session, eighteen hundred and forty-five, chapter one
hundred and sixty-six, shall not be construed to extend to
trustees appointed or named to preserve continent re-
mainders, or to any other case where a trustee is inter-
posed merely to preserve or maintain the title; and in

Shall not be
construed, &c.