272 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 6

such books as were injured by fire and are not yet re-bound, and
to purchase such new Indexes and Record Books, as may Ipe
necessary to index and record such instruments, all such in-
dexing, recording and binding to be paid for by the county.

And that the Act provide that the Judge of the Circuit
Court for Baltimore county, be authorized and directed to
take such testimony as he may think necessary to restore the
record in any case on the Law of Equity side of said court,
and order the same to be restored, at the expense of the
county, but in no case shall the charges exceed one dollar for
each paper, whenever any person interested in any such case
shall make application to him, and that any person thinking
himself or herself aggrieved by the action of the Clerk of
of the Circuit Court in reference to any record, may have, a
right to appeal to the said Judge, and such case shall be
docketed on the docket of Appeals from Justices of the Peace
with the party thinking himself aggrieved, as appellant and
the said clerk as appellee, and the said judge shall decide the
same on its merits, and the party against whom judgment
shall be given shallpay the costs of the proceeding.

The undersigned would further state that he does not con-
sider any special levy to cover the expenses of this mode of
finishing the restoration of the burnt records as necessary.

The cost to the county would be very light and probably
extend through some years. The undersigned does not now
know of more than two new record books, which would be
required to be purchased, and one or two to be rebound.

The impracticability and impossibility of getting all psr^
ties interested to obey printed notices, or circulars has been
fully proven in the opinion of the undersigned, and persons
holding the originals of burnt records, are generally un-
known and will not come forward until the necessity arises
to them to have their titles perfected. In some cases this
arises from ignorance and in others from carelessness.

All of which is respectfully submitted by,

JNO. H. LONGNECKER,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county.
On motion of Mr. Gore,

Ordered, That the Committee on Public Buildings be re-
quested to enquire,of the Officers of the Annapolis Gas Com-;
pany, at what price per thousand feet the Gas is now furnished
the State, and to ascertain what reduction in the price ought
to be made, in view of the decline in the price of coal from
which the Gas is manufactured.

Mr. Aydelott, (the rules being suspended,) presented the
petition of 52 citizens of Worcester county, relating to the;