Access to these files ought to be handled exactly as we would handle access to any restricted adoption file. This was the practice of the Clerk's Office when they had custody of these records, and Archives should follow suit. All of these cases are considered permanent under Maryland's repeat offender law and appear mostly to involve drug violations and violent crimes. Series includes dockets from 1864-1946. One volume dates from March term, 1833.
Series consists of bound photostats of plats.
General Index to Plats 1974 to 1984. Index is arranged alphabetically by name of owner or property. Entries include description, district, book and page references, date filed, and type of document. Entries are cross-indexed. Plats included in this index are those recorded in Land Record Books and Plat Books Grantee Index to Land Records 1930s to 1974.