The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-01

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County, of which may hereafter be
brought in said Court, while sitting
as a Court of Equity; to provide and
maintain a general index of ali Judge
ments rendered by Justices of the
Peace, now or hereafter to be record
ed in the Clerks office of said County
a general index of all executions APP
pearing on the judicial docket or
hereafter entered in said docket in
the said Clerks office; a docket and
general index of ali attachments now
existing or which may hereafter be
filed in the said Clerks office; and a
general index of all tax sales made
and reported by the Treasurer Of said
County; and to provide compensation
for the same.
Section 1. Be it enacted be the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County be, and he is hereby
directed to make or cause to be made a
general index of all causes appearing
upon the Equity docket of said Court,
beginning with the earliest causes Of
said docket; said general index to be
made upon the same plan and in similar
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for general indexes of the land records,
in which index he shall place the name
of every party to each cause; and where
the suit is for the sale Of lands Of any
person deceased, or otherwise. the name
of said owner shall also appear in its
prooer place in said general index; said
clerk shall enter, in connection with the
name of zach persons the humber or year
the of docket and the number of the case
in which such person was or is a party,
or in which property was or Is involved,
and where the papers IN any cause have
been recorded the book and page OF
such record.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That
the Clerk aforesaid after the passage OF
this Act, when and as each cause Is
brought, shall tnter in said general in
dex the names of all parties to said
cause, and where the object Of the suit
is the sale of lands, the name of the
owner or claimant of said land, and
when and as the papers III any cause
are recorded the book and page Of such
record, for which he SHALL be entitled
to charge and receive such fees as are
now charged for indexlng in the gener-
al indexes of the land records, which
fees shall be taxed as and become part
of the costs of such cause, 10 be rtcGver-
ed as other costs in such cases are OF
may be paid.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That
said Clerk be, and he is hereby directed
to make or cause TO be made a general
index of all judgment rendered by
Justice of the Fcac e of Prince George
County which are . recorded, or may
be hereafter recorded, as now provided
by law, in the records Of the Circuit
Court for said County; said general in
dexes to be made upon the same plan
andin sipllar books dis are now used i'll
the Clerks office for general indexes OF
the land recorus, in which indexes shall
be entered the names of the parties tC
said judments, the date Of the recovery
Of SAID judgment, and other wise as now
provided by law or custom IN the said
Clerks office, i'll which said index also
shall be entered whether said judgments
have been settled and satisfied, and
hereafter The said Clerk shall 50 enter
said judgments as when settled and
satified.
Section 4. And be it enacted, that
The Clerk aforesaid, after the passage
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is recorded as heretofore provided shall
enter said judgments in said general in
dexes as herein provided, for which he
shall be entitled to charge and recover
such fees as are now charged for inueX-
ing in the general indexes Of the lanG
records, which fees shall be taxed as
and become part Of the costs OH said
judgment.
Section 5. And be it enacted that the
Clerk aforesaid shall provide and main
tain a docket and general index thereto
of all proceedings affecting titles TO
land by way Of OIdemnation or wrlts
of inqaisition, and by way Of sales Of
land under wIils of executions; ii seps
arate docket and index thereto Of ali
attachments issued Il OF The Circuit
Court or issued by the Justices Of the
Peace of said County and recorded as
provided by law III the office Of the
Clerk of said county; and likewise to
record in substantial books all PROCEED
ings of his office, whether at law or i'll
%chancery. affecting titles to land ana
proper 10 be recorded, as now provided
OF hereafter directed by law.
Scctfvn & And be ii enacted thai
the aforesaid Clerk is authorized aud
directed to maintain dockets and geneI-
al indexes thereto of all proceedings
filed in his office by the Treasurer Of
Prince Georges county, and to provide
and maintain a special docket and index
thereto, to be designated and know as
the Tax Sale Book. in which shall APP
pear under proper index the name 81
each and every person Ill whose name
property has or may hereafter be sold
for a default in the payment Of taxes,
which sales have or may hereafter be
reported to the Circuit Court as pro-
yided by law, which docket shall be
provided with space to enter the time
of redemption of the SAID property So
sold and reported, and space for such
other entries as shall Afford complete
and accurate INFORMATION relative to
the status OF all property sold as afor-
said-for a default i'll the pigment Of
taxes or the redemption thereof; ana
the Treasurer OF said County is hereby
authorized and directed~to report to the
said Clerk of the Circuit Coult the re-
dcmptlon Of ali property sold for taxes
for which report The said Treasurer
shall be authorized TO charge Il Zee OF
twenty five cents for each redemption
so reported, winch lee Sudll NC CHdI SGu
as "a part of The penalty aud costs as
to the said sale for taxes, to bc paid by
the person rcdceming said property,
and all such fees SO collected sinai be
credited to the redemption fund now OF
hereafter provided by law relative t."
the duty of the said Treasurer.
Section Z. And be it enacted, That
when and as the dockets and Indexes
as herein provided are completed the
County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County be, and they are here
by authorized and directed To levy foi
said purpose an amount sufficient to
pay what is a fair and reas enable
charge for the work aforesaid, as well
as for the cost and proper expense for
the books. furniture, and fixtures re
quisite to preserve and keep the said
records in good order and shape; pro
vided, that the cost of the work herein
authorized and directed shall first be
met out of the current fees of the office
of the said Clerk over and above the
amount necessary to pay the salaries Of
said office and expenses of said Clerk
as fixed by law.
Section 8. And be it enacted, That
all acts and parts of acts inconsistent