The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-05-05
CHAPTER l91.

CdAF1 En- l9I.
An Act to Repeal and Re enact with amend
ments, Sections H. ii, Is, "a, 26, 80, So, SO
and &c Of Article "a. of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland and to add new
Section to said Article to be designated as
Section SO A"
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That Sections IL, IA,
Is, "a, 90, 80, 3d. 33 and Sc of Article "a, Of
the Code of Public General Laws of Mary
land, title Gland Office be, and the same
are hereby repealed and re enacted, so as to
read as follows:
IL. All moneys payable to the State on ac-
count of the public lands shall be paid to the
Commissioner of the Land Office, whose re.
ceipt therefor shall be good acqnttance to
the party paying the same; and the said com
missioner shall keep an accurate account of
all such payments in book kept for the pur
pose, and shall account semi annually. on the
thirty first day OF March, and the thrteth day
of September, with the Comptroller, on oath,
and pay over to the Treasurer all snch moneys
so received.
IA. He shall receive and carefully file,
among the records of his office, all extracts OF
deeds transferred to him by the Clerk of the
Court of Appeals under said Act of eighteen
hundred and seventy .our, Chapter Go, and
all such as shall be transmitted to him by the
Clerks OF Inc Oifcult COurtS OI tue CouutieSi
and the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti
more City, and when he shall receive sutii
Gent number of such extracts from the same
county to form u record book of the proper
size, he shall cause the same TO be well and
substantially bound in leather and placed
among the records of his office, and the Comp
troller of the Treasury is hereby directed TO
issue his warrant for such sum or sums OF mon
ey as from time to time may be necessary for
the cost of such binding, and for the purchase
of index books and for the repair andrebindiug
of other record books in the Land Office, upon
a certificate OF the correctness of the same
given by the Commissioner of the Land Office,
and the sum of One Thousand dollars or so
much thereof as may be necessary is hereby
appropriated annually for said purposes
is. He is authorized and empowered to
continue The indexing of certain land records
and extracts of deeds which were transferred
to the Land Office from the Court of Appeals
under said Act of 1874, Chapter &c, and such
extracts of deeds as shall be received by him
from the Clerks of the Circut Courts of the
counties and the Clerk Of the Superior Court
of Baltimore City, for which said service there
shall be allowed and paid the same rates al
lowed by law TO the Clerks of the Circuit
Courts for similar services, and the Comp
troller of the Treasuryis directed to issue his
warrants LOT SuCH SUN VI 90 tittJ 'tSi.
time to time be necessary to meet the cost OF
such indexing upon the certificate of the cor
rectness of the same given by the Commls-
sioner of the Land Office.
"a. Any person desiring TO take up vacant
land or lands which have escheated, shall
obtain a warrant from the Commissioner OF
the Land Office directed to the surveyor OF
the county where the land lies, requiring HIM
TO survey the same and return certificate
of survey to the Land Office within six months
from the date Of the warrant, and such war
rant may be in the form heretofore used III
the Land Office, and may be either common
warrant, special warrant, a warrant OF re.
survey, a proclamation warrant or an escheat
warrant, whichever may be suited to the case
of the party applying for the same.
%. Any person may obtain common
warrant, special warrant or proclamation
warrant by applying to the Commissioner OF.
the Land Office and paying him the sum OF
twenty FIVE cents for each acre mentioned IN
such warrant.
80 The surveyor shall return to the Land
Office within six months from the date OF
sueh warrant q certificate of survey and plat,
together with the dispositions relating to the
nossession and occupancy of the lands resur-
viewed, and proof of the notice by publication
or otherwise given to the owners or 0ccupiers
Of the adjacent lands, and upon the return of
such certificate and proofs, il no cayeat OR
objection be made within six months
after such return, the Commissioner Of the