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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

name of the land or estate, if any, in such deed, mortgage,
release of mortgage, or lease of real estate mentioned to be
conveyed; the courses, metes and bounds thereof, if expressed
in the deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease of real
estate; and the number of acres, if therein stated, and such
other description of the land conveyed as may be contained in
such deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease of real
estate, and the place where the same may lie; the consideration
for making the deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease
of real estate, and the estate conveyed by such deed, mort-
gage, release of mortgage, or lease of real estate, in the very
expresions thereof; and also state and certify, immediately
after and following such entry, the day such deed, mortgage,
release of mortgage, or lease of real estate was recorded, and
shall sign his name thereto.

How entry
shall be made.

Shall transmit
to Commis-
sioner of the
Land Office.

55. They shall make the entry, aforesaid, on good royal
writing paper, such as is commonly used in record books, each
sheet measuring in length nineteen inches, and in breadth
twelve inches, with a margin in blank of about half an inch
at the sides, top and bottom of each page, and shall transmit
the same, on or before the first dav in June in each year, to
the Commissioner of the Land Office; and it shall be the duty
of the judges of the Circuit Court for the counties and the
judge of the Superior Court of Baltimore City to enforce this
section by such fines and penalties as they may provide, and
any failure to comply with the requirements of Sections 54
and 55 by any of said clerks, shall be a contempt of court.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 428.
AN ACT to add certain additional Sections to Article 77, of
the Code of the Public General Laws, to come in after
Section seventeen, to be known as Section 17A, 17B and
17C, and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
seventy-one of said Article.

Public Educa
tion.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That certain additional sections be and they are hereby
added to Article 77, of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title "Public Education," providing for a Superin-
tendent of Public Education, and determining his duties, to