T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 234.

AN ACT entitled an act to make valid (i deed from
the Llangollen Mining Company to Michael Half-
penny.

Passed Mar.
10, 1856

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assem-
bly, that on the twenty-seventh day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, the Llan-
gollen Mining Company executed their deed to
Michael Halfpenny, of Allegany county, purport-
ing to convey a certain parcel of land lying and be-
ing in Allegany county, and which said deed was
regularly recorded in Liber, H. R., No. 12, folio
126, one of the land records of said county, and
•which said deed is signed by H. F. Talmadge,
President of said Mining Company, and the cor-
porate seal of said Company affixed by the said
President; And whereas, doubts exist as to the
validity of said deed by reason of certain defects
in the acknowledgement of the said deed; there-
fore,

Preamble.

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the acknowledgment of the
aforesaid deed from the Llangollen Mining Company to
the said Michael Halfpenny, be and the same is here-
by ratified and made as valid in law, to all intents and
purposes, as if the said deed contained a power of
Attorney from the Llangollen Mining Company au-
thorising and empowering the said H. F. Talmadge
to make said acknowledgement, and as if the said ac-
knowledgement were made in conformity to all and
every of the laws of this State regulating the acknowl-
edgement of deeds by corporate bodies.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the title of said
Michael Halfpenny, under and by virtue of said
'deed, is made as valid and good in law as if said
deed and acknowledgement were made and executed

Made valid.

in accordance with the laws of this State; Provided,

That nothing in this act contained shall be construed
to affect the rights of bona fide purchasers or cred-
itors who may have become so before the passage of
this act.

Proviso.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

In force.