J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1057

10. (1) Every deed of any of the interests or estates mentioned
in Section 1 of this article shall be recorded within six months from
its date, in the county or city in which the land affected by such
deed lies; and where it lies in more than one county, or in the City
of Baltimore and a county, it shall be recorded in all the counties
and the said city in which such land lies.

(2)   No deed for the conveyance of real estate shall be received
for record by the clerk of the circuit court of any county or of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City until the property conveyed has
been transferred on the assessment books [;] , or records of the
county or Baltimore City where the property is located to the grantee
or assignee named in such deed. Upon the transfer of any such
property on the assessment books, the clerk to the county commis-
sioners or the Director of the Department of Assessments for Balti-
more City or other person making such transfer, shall evidence the
fact of such transfer on the deed, which endorsement shall be suffi-
cient to authorize the receipt of such deed for recordation by the
clerk of the circuit court or the clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City.

(3)   No property shall be transferred on the assessment books or
records unless and until all public taxes, assessments and charges
due on said property shall have been paid to the treasurer, or tax
collector of the county or the Director of Finance of Baltimore City,
as the case may be, where said property is assessed, and until all
taxes on personal property due by the transferor have been paid
when all of the real estate owned by him in such county or Balti-
more City is being transferred. The certificate of the treasurer or
tax collector of the county or the Director of Finance of Baltimore
City, as the case may be, showing that all taxes have been paid shall
be endorsed on the deed and such endorsement shall be sufficient
authority for transfer on the assessment books.

(3a) The requirements for prepayment of personal property
taxes set out in sub-section (3) shall not apply to conveyances of
real estate made by or on behalf of any of the following persons:
Mortgagees, lien creditors other than mortgagees, judgment cred-
itors, trustees in bankruptcy or receivers and other court-appointed
officers in insolvency or liquidation proceedings.

(3b) The provisions of sub-section 10 (3) shall not apply in
Dorchester, Kent, Prince George's, Worcester, Carroll, and Fred-
erick counties to deeds executed as a mere conduit or for convenience
in holding and passing title, known popularly as straw deeds, or
deeds which are supplementary instruments merely confirming, cor-
recting or modifying previously recorded deeds, if there is no actual
consideration paid or to be paid for the execution of such supple-
mentary instrument.

(4)  At the time of submitting the deed for transfer on the assess-
ment books, the person offering same shall, on request, furnish the
clerk to the county commissioners, or the Director of the Depart-
ment of Assessments for Baltimore City or other person having
charge of the assessment books, with a statement of the buildings
and improvements if any, upon the land conveyed by said deed.

[(5) The provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall not
apply to Baltimore City.]