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the conveyance has not been witnessed to or sealed by an indi-
vidual or corporation as required by law, or any deed heretofore
made to or from a corporation prior to the payment of the bonus
tax which was afterwards paid, shall be and the same are hereby
made valid, to all intents and purposes as if the conveyances and
agreements had been acknowledged, certified to, witnessed and
sealed according to law; providing the said deeds, mortgages, bonds
of conveyances, bills of sale and other conveyances and agreements
are in other respects in conformity with the laws; provided, further,
that nothing in this section shall affect the interest of bona fide
purchasers or creditors without notice, who may have become so
previous to June 1, [1957.] 1959.

100. Validation of certain assignments of mortgages.

Any assignment of any mortgage, which assignment has been
heretofore executed and recorded, but which has not been sealed and
in which no mention of any seal has been made or in which either
of such defects, or any mortgage, or assignment of mortgage sworn
to or not sworn to at all, shall be and they are hereby made valid to
all intents and purposes, as if said mortgage or assignment of
mortgage had been in such matters in full conformity with the law
in force at the time of such execution, provided, that any such
mortgage or assignment of mortgage is in other respects legal and
valid; and provided further, that nothing in Section 99 and this
section shall affect the rights of any bona fide purchasers or creditors,
without notice, who become so prior to June 1, [1957.] 1959.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved March 11, 1959.

CHAPTER 188
(House Bill 202)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 39 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1955 Edition,
being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland),
title "Allegany County", sub-title "Circuit Court", making the
January term of the Circuit Court for Allegany County a non-
jury term and relating generally to the Circuit Court for Allegany
County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 39 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany
County (1955 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County", sub-title "Circuit

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.