LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1817.

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execution by virtue of which the same shall be sold, and the
several returns to such executions, and also all decrees, peti-
tions, commissions, returns, deeds, papers and proceedings,
whatsoever, relating to lands, tenements, and other real estate,
which shall be had, rendered or made, in such court, or filed or
delivered to be recorded, and now required according to the
laws of the land to be recorded ; and the records of all such
judgments, decrees, papers and proceedings, shall be made up
at full length, and in the manner herein before required, within
the term of twelve months from and after the time when the
said judgments, decrees and proceedings, shall be finally ren-
dered, made or had, or when such deeds, papers and returns,
shall be received or required to be recorded ; and the chancellor
and judges of the respective courts of justice, or any one or
more of them, at every term, shall inspect the records and
papers of the offices attached to their respective courts, and
examine the condition thereof, and see whether the duties
required by this act be duly performed ; and if any clerk or
register shall neglect or refuse to perform the duties hereby
directed and provided, he shall forfeit and pay a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars for every offence, to be recovered
by indictment and conviction in a court of law ; and such con-
viction shall be deemed and taken as evidence of misbehaviour
in office, for which he may be removed.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That from and after the end of
this session of assembly it shall not be the duty of any clerk of
any court of law, or for the register of any court of chancery,
within this state, to make up the record of any judgment,
decree or judicial proceeding, which shall not relate to lands,
tenements, or other real estate, or affect or concern the title,
right or interest therein, as herein before particularly mentioned,
unless required in writing by some party or person interested in
such proceeding; but nevertheless, if any person or persons
shall require an exemplification or official copy of a record of
such judgment, decree or judicial proceeding, it shall be lawful
for the clerk or register to grant and certify the same; and the
minutes of the court, the entries of the dockets, and the origi-
nal papers and documents filed in such cause, shall be sufficient
vouchers to the clerk or register for entering the style of the
court by which, and the term and year in which such judg-
ment, decree, or final proceeding, was had, rendered or made,
and for making a due and proper record thereof.

Judgments,
&c. not re-
lating to
real estates
not to be
recorded
unless
required by
party
interested.

SEC 9. And be it enacted, That instead of making up the
records of the judgments, decrees and judicial proceedings,
herein before lastly mentioned, it shall be the duty of the clerk
or register of the respective courts of justice aforesaid, and each
and every of them is hereby directed and required, forthwith to

Minutes of
court,
&c. to be
transcribed.