1010                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 349

or invalidity had been known; and to this end, all parts, sections,
and parts of sections of this Act are declared to be severable.

Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of laws,
public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 349
(House Bill 439)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 1 to 150, inclusive, of Article 21 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and
1971 Supplement), title "Conveyancing," and to enact new Sec-
tions 1-101 to 15-102, inclusive, in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the sections so repealed, under the new title "Real Prop-
erty"; to repeal the following sections of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition, as from time to time replaced, amend-
ed and supplemented): Section 17 of Article 2 of the Code, title
"Agents and Factors"; Section 1 of Article 3 of the Code, title
"Aliens"; Sections 1 to 18, inclusive, of Article 15 of the Code,
title "Bounding Lands"; Sections 13 and 14 of Article 16 of the
Code, title "Chancery," subtitle "Deeds"; Section 93 of the Ar-
ticle 16, subtitle "Injunction"; Sections 121 and 128 of the Article
16, subtitle "Jurisdiction"; Sections 154 and 155 of the Article
16, subtitle "Partition"; Sections 160, 162, 165, 166, 167 and 168
of the Article 16, subtitle "Sales"; and Section 191 of the Article
16, subtitle "Trustee"; Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 33 of
Article 17 of the Code, title "Clerks of Courts," subtitle
"General Duties of Clerks"; Sections 50 to 52 and 54 to 65 of
the Article 17, subtitle "Clerks of Circuit Courts and Superior
Court of Baltimore City"; Section 22 of Article 26 of the
Code, title "Courts," subtitle "Judgments"; Sections 1 to 18 14,
inclusive, of Article 33A of the Code, title "Eminent Domain";
Sections 27 to 30, inclusive, of Article 35 of the Code, title "Evi-
dence," subtitle "Commissions to Perpetrate Boundaries of
Lands"; Sections 1 to 8 of Article 39C, title "Statute of Frauds";
Section SECTIONS 9 AND 9A of Article 50 of the Code, title
"Joint Obligations and Joint Tenancy," subtitle "Joint Tenancy";
Section 10(b) of the Article 50, subtitle "Interparty Agreements";
Section 7 of Article 52 of the Code, title "Justices of the Peace,"
subtitle "Civil Jurisdiction"; Section 1 to 8A, inclusive, of Article
53 of the Code, title "Landlord and Tenant," subtitle "Tenants
Holding Over," Sections 9 to 39R, inclusive, of the Article 53, sub-
title "Distress for Rent"; Section 40 of the Article 53, subtitle
"Public Policy"; Sections 41 to 43, inclusive, of the Article 53,
subtitle "Tenants' Deposits"; Sections 45 and 46 of the Article
53, subtitle "Miscellaneous"; Sections 12 to 53 inclusive, of Ar-
ticle 54 of said Code, title "Hall of Records," subtitle "Land