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	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it is made the	Special duty
	special duty of the judge or judges of the courts	of judges.
	having criminal jurisdiction in said cities of Balti-
	more, OumberJand, Frederick, Annapolis, Hagers-
	town and Frostburg, or the counties in which said
	cities, except Baltimore, are situated, to specially
	charge the grand juries of said courts upon the ex-
	ecution of this act, and the police authorities of said
	cities are specially charged with the execution of	Police charg-
	this act, and to that end shall direct nightly exami-	ed.
	nations by some of their officers of all such places.
	Approved March 31, 1880.

	CHAPTER 134.
	AN ACT to provide for the restoration of certain
	records in the office of Register of Wills of Anne
	Arundel county.
	WHEREAS there are in the office of Register of
	Wills of Anne Arundel county dockets of adminis-
	trators and executors from eighteen hundred and
	twenty to eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and	Preamble
	guardian dockets from eighteen hundred and twenty
	to eighteen hundred and eighty, which are now in
	such a dilapidated condition that they need to be
	copied, indexed and rebound.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That the Register of Wills of
	Anne Arundel county be and he is hereby author-	Authorized
	ized and empowered to make copies of said dockets,	to copy dock-
	the administrators' and executors' dockets, from eigh- teen hundred and twenty to eighteen hundred and	ets and make indexes.
	seventy-two, and the guardian dockets from eighteen
	hundred and twenty to eighteen hundred and eighty,
	and also to make indexes to said dockets.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the expenses of
	making said copies and indexes shall be paid by