X.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That in all cases of error and defect remedied by this act, the said register
shall enter in words at length, upon the record in each case, under the direction of the said
orphans court, " defect in the form of oath, probat and so forth, as the case may be, cured by an
act of assembly, passed November session, eighteen hundred;" the same entries shall be made in all
cases of certified copies given under the seal of office by said register.

    XI.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That in all cases where estates have not been heretofore finally settled,
and the original evidences of claims against the estate of any deceased are lost or destroyed,
and any entry of such evidences have been made in the hand writing of the late register in a book
now in said office, purporting to be an account book, the said entries shall have the same validity as
the original evidence might, could or ought to have, if the same had not been lost or destroyed.

    XII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That in cases where no inventory has been returned, and the original
inventory has been lost or destroyed, and the appraisers are deceased or removed, that a copy of said
inventory, proved to the satisfaction of the court by the oath of a competent witness, may be received,
at the discretion of the said orphans court, to be recorded, and when so received and recorded, 
shall be of the same effect and validity as if the original inventory had been received and
recorded, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

    XIII.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That in cases where no inventory has been returned, and the
original inventory has been lost or destroyed, and no copy of the same has been preserved, and the
appraisers are deceased or removed, the orphans court shall and may, at their discretion, receive
such proof of the said inventory, and of its amount, as in their discretion shall seem reasonable,
just and proper, and the said proof shall be entered of record, and when recorded shall be of the 
same effect as if the original inventory had been returned, filed and recorded, in due form of law.

    XIV.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That the register of wills of Harford county shall lay before the levy
court of said county the amount of costs of the books by him procured for the recording and certifying
the proceedings in said office, and the said court shall levy the same, which shall be collected and
paid over to the said register as other county charges are collected and paid over in said county.

    XV.  AND BE IT ENACTED, That no correction or entry of defect whatever shall be made by the
register in virtue of this act unless the authority and inspection of the orphans court of said
county.

    II.  BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the mayor and city council of
Baltimore may, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, contract for, purchase, lease and hold
to them and their successors, in fee-simple, or for term of years, any land, real estate, spring, brook,
water and water-course, and also the right to use and occupy for ever, or for term of years, any
land, real estate, spring, brook, water and water-course, which they may conceive expedient and
necessary for the purpose of conveying water into the said city, for the use of the said city, and the
health and convenience of the inhabitants thereof, and also the right to enter and pass through,
from time to time, as occasion may require, to dig canals in, lay pipes, and cleanse and repair the
same, and to use and occupy the lands or grounds through which they may deem it necessary to convey
the said water into the said city.