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acknowledged before a proper officer, or in which the certificate of
acknowledgment or affidavit of consideration is not in the prescribed
form, or in which the official character of the officer taking the
acknowledgment is not set out in the body of the certificate, or
has not been certified to as required by law, or in which the con-
veyance has not been witnessed to or sealed by an individual 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 accord-
ing to law; providing the said deeds, mortgages, bonds of convey-
ances, 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 pur-
chasers or creditors without notice, who may have become so previ-
ous to [July 1, 1969.] July 1, 1970.

100.

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 of [and]
this section shall affect the rights of any bona fide purchasers or
creditors, without notice, who may have become so prior to [July
1, 1969.] July 1, 1970.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970

CHAPTER 138
(Senate Bill 801)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 158
(j-1) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle
"Boards of License Commissioners," to increase the salary of the
clerk to the Board of License Commissioners of St. Mary's County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 158 (j-1) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages,"
subtitle "Boards of License Commissioners," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: