PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

and taking the same, is defective, the justices having
neglected to certify to the identity of the parties as is re-
quired by the act of Assembly, in such case made and
provided, but the transaction throughout was a bona
fide and meritorious one, — Therefore,

CHAP. 190.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said indenture or instrument of writing, exe-
cuted by the parties aforesaid, be and the same is hereby
made valid, any law of this State to the contrary not-
withstanding.

CHAPTER 190.

Made valid.

An act to make valid a certain Deed of Conveyance
therein mentioned.

Passed Mar. 1,
1850.

WHEREAS, a deed of conveyance from Francis E.
Foreman, and wife, and Charles McCallister, and wife,
to James T. Earle, dated on or about the thirteenth
day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and
recorded among the land records of Queen Ann's coun-
ty, in liber J T, number six, folios twenty, twenty-one,
and twenty-two, was acknowledged before Samuel R.
Oldson and Thomas L. Green, as justices of the peace
in and for the said county; and whereas, the said
Thomas L. Green had been appointed one of the jus-
tices of the magistrates court in the fourth election dis-
trict in the said county, and had duly qualified as such
and had also been appointed one of the justices of the
peace in and for the said county, but hail not qualified
as such; and whereas also, the said Thomas L. Green
had some time before taking the acknowledgment
of the said deed, resigned his office as one of the justi-
ces of the said magistrates court, but continued to act
as a justice of the peace in and for the said county,
under the impression that he was duly qualified so to
do — Therefore,

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the said deed from Francis E. Foreman and wife,
and Charles McCallister and wife, to the said James T.
Earle, executed, acknowledged, and recorded, as is set
forth in the. preamble to this act, be and the same is
hereby made as valid to all intents and purposes, as if
the same had been duly executed, acknowledged, and
recorded, according to the laws of this State.

Declared valid.