The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30
TRANSFER OF LAND RECORDS.

laAaCFEh VT LAM HEGOHDD.
AN ACT
To authorize the transfer of certain Land Rec
ords and Extracts of Deeds from the Office Of
the Clerk Of the Court Of Appeals, to the Of
fee of the Commissioner Of the Land Office
to repeal section forty of article eighteen of
the Code of Public General Laws, and to re-
peal section lifly-fve Of the same article, and
to enact a substitute therefor.
Section /. Be il enacted by the General As
sembly Of Maryland, That the Clerk of the
Court Of Appeals is hereby authorized and d.
rected 10 cause all books containing deeds and
transfers Of soldiers lots, and all other land
record books and papers, including extracts of
deeds now in his Office, to be removed and trans
ferred to the Office of the Commissioner of the
Land Office
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Commits
sioner OF the Land Office shall receive and have
custody Of the books and extracts aforesaid, and
Of all the other extracts Of deeds which shall be
hereafter received by him, and shall give eerti-
| fed copies of such deeds and extracts, and
make searches for the same when SO required,
and shall receive and retain therefor fees al the
same rate now charged for copies Of and searches
for other papers in his Office.
Sec. 3. And be II enacted, That section fifty
Eve Of article eighteen Of the Code of Public
General Laws be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted SO as to read as follows;
IS. The said clerk shall make the entry afore-
said on good royal writing-paper. such as is
commonly used 10 record-books, each sheet
measuring in length nineteen inches, and in
breadth twelve inches, with a margin in blank
Of about half an inch at the sides, top and bot
tom Of each page, and shall transmit the same,
on or before the first day of June in each year
to the Commissioner Of the Land Office.
Sec. 4. And be il enacted, That section forty
of article eighteen Of the Code Of Public General
Laws be, aud the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 8. And be II enacted, That the Commits
sioner Of the Land Office shall receive and care
fully file among the records OF his Office, all ex-
tracts of deeds transferred to him by virtue of
this act and all such Rs shall hereafter be trans
mitted to him by the clerks Of the circuit courts
Of this State, and when he shall have received
sufficient number Of such extracts from the same
county TO form record-book of the proper size,
be shall cause the sIme TO be well and substan-
tally bound in leather, and placed among the
records Of his office: and the Comptroller OF the
Treasury Is hereby directed 10 issue his warrant
for such sum or sums Of money as from time to
time may be necessary for the cost Of such bind
ing, upon the certificate Of the correctness Of the
same given by the said Commissioner Of the
Land Office
See. Q. And be it enacted, That the sum of
forty dollars, or SO much thereof as may be ne
cessary, is hereby appropriated TO defray the
expenses Of the transfer of books directed by this
| act.
Sec. Z. And be It enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and afier the date of its pas
sage.
We hereby certify, that the aforegoing is true
and perfect copy Of an act passed the General
Assembly OF Maryland, at the January ses-
sion, 1874.
AUGUSTUS GASSAwAY,
Secretary OF the Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk House Of Delegates.
Approved, March 10, 1874.