T. WATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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CHAPTER 236.

AN ACT to make valid a deed from the Llangollen
Mining Company to William M. Owens.

Passed Mar.
10, 1856.

WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly
that on the twentieth day of September, one thous-
and eight hundred and fifty four, the Llangollen Mi-
ning Company executed their deed to Wm. M.
Owens, of Allegany county, purporting to convey a
certain parcel of land, lying and being in
Allegany county, and which said deed was regu-
larly recorded in Liber H. R. No. 12, folio 176,
one of the land records of said county, and which
said deed is signed by Clement March, President
of said Mining Company, and the corporate 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; Therefore,

Preamble.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the acknowledgment of the afore-
said deed from the Llangollen Mining Company to
the said Win. M. Owens, be and the same is hereby
ratified, and made as valid in law to all intents and
purposes, as if said deed contained a power of attor-
ney from the said Llangollen Mining Company, au-
thorising and empowering the said Clement March,
president, as aforesaid, to make said acknowledge-
ment, and as if said acknowledgement were made
in conformity to all and every of the laws of this State
regulating the acknowledgement of deeds by corpo-
rate bodies.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the title of said
Wm. M. Owens, 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 in accord-

Made valid.

ance with the laws of this State; Provided however,
that nothing in this act contained shall affect the
rights of bona fide purchasers or creditors without no-
tice, 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.