Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER 1871.

WITH AMENDMENTS, SECT ONs ii, Il,
ID, "a, 26, 80, 80, So AND SO OF ARTICLE
"a, OF TiiE tODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL
LAWS " s or MAEYL Ia AMP p To App "a 4
BE DESIGNATED AS "SEoTION So A."
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by tie General
Assembly of Maryland, That Sections II, IA,
Is, %, %, 80, 90, 80 and sc Of Article 81, OF
she Code Of Public General Laws Of Mary
land, title Land Ofiice' be, and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, 80 as to
read as follows:
II. All monies payable to tho State on ac-
count OF the public lands shall be paid to the
Commissioner OF the Land ONCE, whose re-
csipt therefor shall DO good scqnittanee to
the party. paying the same; and the said
commissioner shall keep an accurate account
of all such payments in book kept for the
purpose and shall account semi-annually, on
the thirty-frst day of March, and the thir-
tieth day OF September, with the Comptroller,
on oath, and pay over to. the Treasurer all
such monies so received.
ID He shall receive and carefully nle
among the records Of his office. all extracts
OF deeds transferred to him by the Clerk OF
the Court OF Appenls under said Act OF eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-four, Chapter G6,
and all such as shall be transmitted 10 him
by the Clerks OF the circuit Courts OF the
counties, and the Clerk of the Superior Court
OF Baltimore City, and when he snail receive
a sufficient number OF such extracts from the
same county to form a 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 ONCE, and
tho Comptroller of the Treasury Ia 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 binding, and
for the purchase OF index books and Tor tho
repair and reminding Of other record books
In the Land Office, upon certificate OF the
faff f
sioner of the Land Office, and the sum Of
One Thousand dollars, or 80 much thereof as
may be necessary Ia hereby appropriated an
nually for said purposes.
is. He is authorized and empowered to
continue the indexing OF certain land records
10 the Land oflce from the Court of Appeals
under said Act OF 1874, Chapter Sc, ana such
extracts OF deeds as shall be- received by him
from the Clerks Of the Circuit 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 allowed by law to the Clerks OF the Cir
cult Courts for similar services, and the Comp
troller OF the Treasury is directed to Issue his
warrants Tor such sum or sums as may from
timo to time be necessary 10 meet the cost OF
such indexing upon tho certificate Of the
correctness OF the Same given by the Com
missioner Of the Land Once,
a. Any person desiring 10 take up vacant
land or lands which have eschentcd shall OBJ
tain warrant from the Commissioner OF the
Land Office directed TO the surveyor OF the
county where the land lies, requiring him to
survey tne same anu return ceiuneAte OF
survey 70 ,ne LANG oIlIce within siA months
rant may be In the form heretofore used In
the Land Office, and may be either common
Warrant, u speciai warrant, Warrant OF re-
survey, pteciamauoh warrant or an escheat
Warrant, Wnicnevet may pe eulteu 10 inc case
Oh 1ne party applying Tor tne same.
70. ANY person may obtain common
warrant, special whrfant or prociamanon
Warrant py applying 10 the commissioner OF
the Lana omce ana paying MIN the sum Oh
twenty-five cents lor ehch acre mentioned In
such Whrrant.
~. Inc surveyor shall return to the Land
once within six months from the date OF
such warrant eertlhcate OF survey and plot,
together with the dispositions relating to the
possession and occupancy OF the lands re-
surveyed, and proof OF the notice by publiea-
ton or otherwise given to the owners or occu-
piers OF the adjacent lands, an upon tho re-
turn OF such certificate and proofs, II no
caveat or digestion be made within ak
months after such return, the Commissioner
of the Land ONCE shall Issue patent thereon
10 the person, or his heirs or assigns. who
obtained such warrant OF resuryey
81. Every warrant issued out OF the Land
Offlce shall be executed within six months
from the date thereof, and no csoheat war
rant shall be renewed after six months from
its date.
50. Every person who has obtained a war
rant to survey or escheat land shall within