LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1837.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the several accounts of the

Accounts

said superintendent shall be audited quarterly by some disin-

audited.

terested person or persons, who shall be appointed by the exe-

cutive for that purpose, and who shall act under oath, and who

shall be allowed for such service two dollars per day, to be paid

out of the tolls collected on said toad.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage

Salary of

of this act, the superintendent of said road allow the toll gatherer,

gate keeper.

at gate number one, at the rate of three hundred dollars per

annum for his services as such, until gate number two shall be

erected and in use.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any thing contained in the

Repealing

act to which this is a supplement, contrary to the provisions of

- clause.

this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 68.

AN ACT relating to the Record of the Proceedings of the Convention

which established the Declaration of Rights, and the Constitution and

Form of Government of this State.

WHEREAS, no copy of the proceedings, referred to in the title

Preamble.

of this act, nor of the declaration of right nor the constitution

and form of government of this state, has ever been deposited

with the records of the laws of this state; And whereas , a manu-

script copy of the same is now deposited in the Library of this

state, and it is fit and proper that the records of the laws should

be full and complete, that authentic copies theieof may be

furnished by the proper officers, duly attested and certified;

therefore,

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

Record

the manuscript copy of the proceedings aforesaid, shall be de-

deposited.

posited by the librarian in the office of the court of appeals for

the western shore of this state, there to be, remain and continue,

and be preserved and used as one of the law records of this state,

from which extracts and copies may and shall be taken, and

certified as in other cases.

CHAPTER 97.

AN ACT to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to take the

acknowledgment of Deeds and instruments of Writing, under seal, out

of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Governor

That the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the

to appoint*

senate, be, and he is hereby authorized to name, appoint and

commission one or more commissioners in each, or such of the

other states or territories of the United States, or in the District

of Columbia, as he may deem expedient, which commissioners

shall continue in office during the pleasure of the governor;