J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1335

5 6 A.

The County Commissioners of Charles County are authorized to
appropriate a sum of money in their discretion to assist in the
restoration of the Court House at Port Tobacco and to provide in
addition such sums, as they may determine to be necessary, annually
thereafter for the maintenance of the restored building.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 754
(House Bill 871)

ACT to add new Section 63A to Article 17 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Clerks of Court," subtitle
"Clerks of Circuit Courts and Superior Court of Baltimore City,"
to follow immediately after Section 63 thereof, to provide that
before an instrument affecting title to real estate in Maryland
shall be received for recording by the Clerk of the Montgomery
County Circuit Court, a member of the Maryland Bar must certify
thereon that he prepared the instrument or it was prepared under
his direction. THERE MUST BE A CERTIFICATION THEREON
AS TO ITS PREPARATION.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 63A be and it is hereby added to Article 17 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Clerks of
Court," subtitle "Clerks of Circuit Courts and Superior Court of Bal-
timore City," to follow immediately after Section 63 thereof, and to
read as follows:

63A. Endorsement on instrument by member of Maryland Bar cer-
tifying preparation before receipt by clerk in Montgomery
County.

No instrument affecting the title to real estate in the State of

Maryland FEE SIMPLE DEED, MORTGAGE OR DEED OF TRUST
shall be received by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County for record among the land records unless a member of the
Bar of the Court of Appeals of Maryland has enclosed thereon with
his signature a certification that he prepared the instrument or it
was prepared at his direction. THERE IS A CERTIFICATION
THEREON THAT IT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY AN ATTORNEY
DULY ADMITTED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE COURT OF
APPEALS OF MARYLAND OR UNDER HIS SUPERVISION OR
BY ONE OF THE PARTIES NAMED IN THE INSTRUMENT.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.