Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1047

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 521 (i) be and it is hereby added to Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title
"Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Crimes and Punishments,"
subheading "Sabbath Breaking," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 521 (h) thereof, and to read as follows:

521.

(i) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, in
St. Mary's CALVERT County general variety and "5 & 10 Cent"
stores STORES, DRUG STORES, DEALERS IN BOATS AND
BOATING AND FISHING ACCESSORIES AND MARINAS may
remain open and doing business on Sundays.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 479
(Senate Bill 631)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 98, 99,
and 100 of Article 21 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Supplement), title "Conveyancing," subtitle "Defective Convey-
ances," validating certain defective deeds, mortgages, bonds of
conveyances, bills of sale and other conveyances.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 98, 99, and 100 of Article 21 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1970 Supplement), title "Conveyances," subtitle "De-
fective Conveyances," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

98.

All deeds of conveyance of property in this State which may have
been recorded without any certificate of the clerk of any of the courts
of this State accompanying the acknowledgment thereof, in cases in
which such certificates are necessary and proper, certifying to the
official character and signature of the justice of the peace taking the
same, and all deeds of conveyance of property in this State which
may have been recorded without the seal of the notary public before
whom the acknowledgment was taken, having been FIRST attached,
when the grantor resided in another state, and the acknowledgment
was made in that state, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as if
such defect and omission did not exist; provided, that the execution
and acknowledgment of such deeds in all other respects conform to
the laws of the State, in such cases made and provided; saving,
nevertheless, the rights of bona fide purchasers and encumbrancers
without notice who may have become so prior to July 1, [1970] 1971.