LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1800.

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CHAPTER 70.
AN ACT for the Direction of Surveyors in executing Warrants of Escheat
in certain cases.

WHEREAS under the existing rules and regulations for the
conduct of surveyors difficulties have occurred in executing
warrants of escheat ; for remedy whereof,

Preamble.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in cases where warrants of escheat shall be hereafter deli-
vered to the surveyor of any county to execute, in order to sur-
vey lands held in tenancy in common, and the part only of one
or more of the said tenants in common hath become liable to
escheat, it shall be the duty of the said surveyor, and he is

Whole of
the land
held in
tenancy in
common to
be surveyed

hereby directed and required, to cause to* whole of the said land
so held in tenancy in common to be surveyed, and a certificate
thereof returned unto the land office, specifying the value of the
whole tract of land, and improvements thereon, and after exami-
nation of the said certificate, and payment to the treasurer of the
western or eastern shore, (as the case may be,) of two-thirds of
the valuation of the escheatable part of the land therein ex-
pressed, a patent shall issue in due time to the party in whose
name the said certificate may be returned, or his heirs or assigns,
for the undivided portion of the land that may be liable to escheat
as aforesaid.

CHAPTER 82.
AN ACT prescribing the form of the Bond to be hereafter given by the
Clerks of the several Counties of this State.
Other acts are 1716, ch. 1 ; 1742, ch. 10; 1823, ch. 195.

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WHEREAS large sums of money are paid into the hands of
the clerks of the several counties annually, under the provisions
of existing laws, and the bond heretofore prescribed to be
given by said clerks does not secure the payment of the same
to the treasurer of the several shores of this state ; therefore,

Preamble.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That hereafter the form of the bond to be executed by the clerks
of the several counties of this state shall be in manner and form
following, to wit : 'Know all men by these presents, that we,
A. B., C. D. and G. H. of —— county, are held and firmly
bound unto the state of Maryland in the full and just sum of five
thousand pounds current money, to be paid to the said state of
Maryland ; to the which payment well and truly to be made and
done, we bind ourselves, our and each of our heirs, executors and
administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals. Dated this —— day of —— , in the year
—— . The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the
above bound A. B. whilst he shall continue in the office of clerk

Form of
the bond.