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to have been paid so far as any lien upon the property or estate men-
tioned in the said deed or instrument is concerned.*
See sec. 25 and notes.

1910, ch. 216, sec. 35 (p. 204).

36. An assignment or a release of the lien retained by the vendor,
as hereinbefore provided, may be made by the vendor, his assignee or
personal representative, or the personal representatives of his assignee,
as now provided by sections 34 to 41, both inclusive, of article 21 of
the annotated code of public civil laws of Maryland for the short
assignment or release of a mortgage; and the clerk at the time of record-
ing every deed or instrument retaining a lien as aforesaid, shall leave
a blank space at the foot thereof for the purpose of entering such assign-
ments and release.

See art. 21. sections 20 and 30.

1910. ch. 216, sec. 36 (p. 204).

37. The acceptance by the vendor of any guarantee or endorsement,
or collateral, or other security to insure the full payment of any lien
expressly retained as heretofore provided, shall not in any case be con-
strued as a waiver of such lien; but the vendee, his heirs, personal rep-
resentatives or assigns, shall be credited with the proceeds from the
sale of any such collateral or other securities.

1910, ch. 210, sec. 37 (p. 205).

38. The clerks of the courts of this State, whose duty it is to record
conveyances, shall index all deeds retaining a lien as provided in sec-
tions 31 to 37, inclusive, of this article, both as deeds as heretofore
practiced, and as vendors' liens, in the same manner as mortgages are
indexed.

*The word "paid" is omitted from the fourth line of this section as published
in the official copy of the acts of 1910. ch. 210, sec. 34 (p. 204). An examina-
tion of the original act as passed, however, shows the section as above codified.