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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1817.

CHAPTER 119.
AN ACT concerning the Judgments and Judicial Proceedings of the
Courts of Justice in this State, and to provide for the completion of
the Records in certain cases.
Supplementary and other laws are, 1831, ch. 302; 1832, ch. 307.

Judgments,
&c. 10 pro-
vincial and
general
court un-
recorded
may be
certified,
&c.

SEC. 1, Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in all cases of judgments and final proceedings, duly ren-
dered and made in the late provincial court, and in the late
general courts of the western and eastern shores of this state,
which according to the laws of the land heretofore used and
approved, ought to have been recorded, but nevertheless remain
unrecorded by the respective clerks whose duty it was to record
the same, it shall and may be lawful for the respective clerks of
the court of appeals on the western and eastern shores, in
whose custody and care the books, , papers and proceedings,
may remain, and they are hereby authorized and required, on
the application of any person or persons, being interested in
any such judgment or final proceeding, and having occasion to
use the same, to grant and certify an exemplification or official
copy of a record thereof, in like manner as if such judgment or
final .proceeding had been duly recorded and signed by the
clerk whose duty it was to enrol the same ; and the minutes of
the said provincial and general courts, the entries on the
dockets, and the original papers and documents filed in such
causes, shall be sufficient vouchers to the said clerks for enter-
ing the style of the court by which, and the term and year in
which, such judgment or final proceeding was rendered or
made, and for making a due and proper record thereof.

Decrees,
&c. in
chancery
court, unre-
corded may
be certified,
&c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases of decrees and
final proceedings rendered and made in the court of chancery
of this state, which according to law ought to have been recor-
ded, but nevertheless remain unrecorded by the registers whose
duty it was to record the same, it shall and may be lawful for
the register of the said court of chancery, for the time being,
and he is hereby authorized and required, on the application of
any person or persons being interested in any such decree or
final proceeding, and having occasion to use the same, to grant
and certify an exemplification or official copy of a record thereof
in like manner as if such decree or final proceeding had been
duly recorded and signed by the register whose duty it was to
enrol the same ; and the minutes of the court, the entries on
the dockets, and the original papers and documents filed in
such case, shall be sufficient vouchers to the said register for
entering the style of the court by which, and the term and year
in which, such decree or final proceeding was rendered or
made, and for making a due and proper record thereof.