BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                           2069

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Real Property

3-104.

(c) (1) Exception for grants by mortgagees, trustees
in bankruptcy, receivers. The requirements for prepayment
of personal property taxes in subsection (b) do not apply to
grants of land made by or on behalf of any of the following:
any mortgagee, lien creditor, trustee of a deed of trust,
judgment creditor, trustee in bankruptcy or receiver, and
any other court—appointed officer in an insolvency or
liquidation proceeding.

(2)    Exception for straw deeds in certain
counties. The provisions of subsection (b) do not apply in
Charles, Dorchester, Kent, Prince George's, Worcester,
Carroll, Montgomery, [and] Frederick AND WASHINGTON counties
to any deed executed as a mere conduit or for convenience in
holding and passing title, known popularly as a straw deed,
or to a deed which is a supplementary instrument merely
confirming, correcting, or modifying a previously recorded
deed, if there is no actual consideration paid or to be paid
for the execution of the supplementary instrument.

(3)   Exception for certain deeds in Anne Arundel
County. The provisions of subsection [(3)] (B) do not apply
in Anne Arundel County to any deed transferring property to
the county whereon the controller of the county has
certified that the conveyance does not impair the security
for any public taxes, assessments, and charges due on the
remaining property of the grantor.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 696

(House Bill 1414)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Sunday Sales on New Year's Eve/Day)

FOR the purpose of permitting the holder of an on—sale
license in Washington County to remain open on Sunday