1268                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 604

CHAPTER 603
(House Bill 1213)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 502(a)
and (b) of Article 93A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume), title "Protection of Minors and Other Per-
sons Under Disability," subtitle "Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provi-
sions Relating to Minors," to empower minors to execute certain
documents, under specified conditions, as though they had attained
legal age.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 502(a) and (b) of Article 93A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Protection of Minors
and Other Persons Under Disability," subtitle "Subtitle 5. Miscel-
laneous Provisions Relating to Minors," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows :

502.

(a)    Any married female who has attained the age of sixteen
years and who holds title to property with her husband as tenants
by the entireties is hereby authorized to join with her husband in an
instrument of conveyancing, either a [deed [or], a] deed of trust,
deed of trust note and financing statement, mortgage, in the same
manner, to the same extent and with the same effect as a person
of the full age of twenty-one years.

(b)    Any war veteran or member of the armed services eligible
for the benefits of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, and
amendments, thereto, who is under twenty-one years of age, may,
for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of said act, mortgager deed
of trust, deed of trust note and financing statement real estate owned
by him, buy real estate and execute a mortgage to cover the purchase
money, or execute a deed for the sale of real estate so purchased, or
execute notes or make such other agreements¹ and do such other things
as may be necessary to obtain the benefits of the said Servicemen's
Readjustment Act, and amendments thereto, and also may execute
releases of claims in the same manner and with the same effect as
though twenty-one years of age. The minor husband or wife of any
said war veteran or member of the armed services may join in any
such deed [or], deed of trust, deed of trust note and financing state-
ment mortgage for the purpose of releasing rights of dower and other
rights in the same manner and with the same effect as though twenty-
one years of age.

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

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 604
(House Bill 1217)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 24A-1 of
subtitle 24A of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's