J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR 51

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.

Approved March 2, 1960.

CHAPTER 27
(House Bill 4)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 50 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, title
"Clerks of Courts", sub-title "Clerks of Circuit Courts and Superior
Court of Baltimore City", to include a requirement for indexing in
the laws placing on the clerks of courts the duty of recording deeds,
mortgages, and other interests affecting the title to land or per-
sonal property in the land or chattel records of the Circuit Courts
and the Superior Court of Baltimore City, AND ELIMINATING
THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX IN
EACH BOOK.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 50 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Clerks of Courts", sub-title "Clerks of Circuit
Courts and Superior Court of Baltimore City, " be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

50. Land records and chattel records.

The clerks of the circuit courts for the several counties and of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City shall record all deeds, mortgages
and other instruments affecting the title to or any interest in land,
required to be recorded, in a well-bound book or books to be styled
"Land Records"; and shall record all bills of sale, chattel mortgages
and other instruments affecting the title to or any interest in personal
property, required to be recorded, in another well-bound book or
books to be styled "Chattel Records"; and shall index all such instru-
ments in the indexes provided for in Section 54 of this article; any
such instrument affecting the title to or any interest in both land and
personal property shall be so recorded in such land records only, and
not in such chattel records, but in such case, the index of chattel
records and the general alphabetical index provided for in Section
54 of this article, shall include a notation that such instrument has
been recorded among such land records, and such notation in such
indexes shall have the same effect as if such instrument were re-
corded in full among such chattel records; any instrument of sale
reserving title to or a lien on any item of furnishing or equipment
which the clerk is advised is or is to be affixed to particular real
property, which real property shall be sufficiently described in the
instrument for identification purposes, shall be so recorded in such
chattel records only in the same manner as other similar documents

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.