Chap. 0120 An Act relative to recording notices issued by the court on petitions to authorize foreclosure of mortgages in which soldiers and sailors may be interested, and seizures of property thereunder.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-three is hereby amended by striking out the last paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: -

The publication of a copy of said notice once not less than twenty-one days before the return day in a newspaper designated by the court, and the mailing of a copy thereof by registered mail not less than fourteen da}Ts before the return day to each defendant named in the bill, shall be sufficient service of said notice, unless the court otherwise orders, provided however that prior to the return day fixed in said notice, or within such further time before decree as the court may allow, a copy thereof shall be recorded in each registry of deeds and city or town clerk's office in which such mortgage is recorded.

Section 2.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 15, 1945.