1846.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 279.

Passed March
10, 1847.

CHAPTER 278.

An act to make valid the acknowledgments of a Deed of
Assignment therein mentioned.

Valid law.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, the acknow-

ledgment of the deed of assignment from Joseph Taylor
and John Spear Nicholas and Mary Ann his wife, of the
city of Baltimore, to William C. Snyder, of the same
place, recorded among the land records of Baltimore
county, in Liber T K, number three hundred and thirty
four, folio three hundred and ninety-three, which said
acknowledgment appears to have been taken before two
justices of the peace for Baltimore county, instead of two
justices of the peace for Baltimore city be, and the same
is hereby ratified and made valid in law to all intents
and purposes, as if the same had been regularly made
before two justices of the peace of the State of Matyland,
in and for the city of Baltimore.

Made valid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all title or titles claim-
ed under and by virtue of said deed of assignment he,
and it or they is or are hereby made valid, as if said ac-
knowledgment had been made before two justices of the
peace of the State of Maryland, in and ibr the city of
Baltimore.

CHAPTER 279.

Passed March
10, 1847.

An act to authorise Executors and Administrators to con-
vey Real Estate by deed in certain cases.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly,
that there are cases occurring in the several counties and
cities of this State, wherein persons have made sale of
real estate, and have died before receiving the purchase
money or conveying the same to the party purchasing
by deed; and whereas, the costs attending the making
deeds through the agency of our courts of equity, are

heavy and grieveous to be borne in many cases — There-
fore,

Deed valid in
law.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the deed of the executors or adminis-
trators of persons dieing or having died as aforesaid, shall