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125. No further act or ceremony, either by vendor
or vendee, as to the acknowledgment shall be neces-
sary.

No further act
&c. neces-
sary.

126. A bill of sale may be acknowledged within the
State before any justice of the peace, or judge of the
Orphan's Court, of the county, or city in which the
vendor may be at the time of such acknowledgment,
and a bill of sale may be acknowledged out of the
State in the same manner as deeds are acknowledged
and all bills of sale shall be recorded within twenty
days from the dale of the acknowledgment when the
property remains in possession of the grantor.

Before whom
be acknowl-
edged.

127. A married woman may convey any of her per-
sonal properly by bill of sale, executed by herself and
husband, in the same manner as if she were a feme
sole.

Married wo-
man may
convey.

128. The rules hereinbefore prescribed as to affidavit
to be made by a mortgagee, shall apply to bills of sale.

Deed of Manumission.

Rules.

129. A deed of manumission may be made in the
following form or to the like effect
I of county,
and State of Maryland, do hereby manumit and set
free my negro slave, (description) his freedom to com-
mence from the date of these presents (or such other
time as may be fixed.)

Witness my hand and seal this day of
Test:

A. B.

C. D. [Seal.]

Form of deed
of mortgage

130. A deed, of manumission, in the above form or
to the like effect, shall, as respects the form thereof, be
construed and deemed sufficient to confer freedom in as
ample a manner as any deed of manumission now
valid and effectual for that purpose; such deed of man-
umission to be attested by two witnesses, acknowledg-
ed and recorded, within six months from the date of its
acknowledgment.

Construed.