LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1819.

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CHAPTER 155.

AN ACT for the better regulation of the Clerks and Registers of Wills of
the several Counties in this State.
See 1817, ch. 119, ante page 664; 1826, ch. 247.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in all cases where by the laws and usages of this state the
clerks of the several county courts of this state are required to
enrol deeds, bills of sale, and other instruments of writing, and
also in the cases where judgments are required or directed to be
recorded by the provisions of an act, entitled^ 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, passed at December session eighteen hundred and
seventeen, it shall not be lawful for the several clerks to collect
by execution any fees for enrolling the said deeds, bills of sale,
or other instruments of writing, or for making up and enrolling
the said judgments, until the said deeds, bills of sale and judg-
ments, shall have been actually entered and enrolled on books
to be kept by them for entering and enrolling such deeds,
bills of sale, other instruments of writing, and judgments as
aforesaid.

In certain
cases clerk
not to col-
lect fees by
execution
until deeds,
&c. are en-
rolled, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases where by the
laws and usages of this state, or by the usages of the said offices,
the registers of wills of the several counties of this state are
required to enrol wills, codicils, inventories, lists of debts
sperate and desperate, and other papers and proceedings neces-
sary to be enrolled, that the registers of wills of the several and
respective counties of this state, shall not be entitled to collect
for enrolling the same, by execution, any fees, until the said
wills, codicils, inventories, lists of debts sperate and desperate,
and other papers and proceedings, shall have been actually
enrolled in books to be kept by them for enrolling the same.

Same with
respect to
registers of
wills.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any clerk or register of
wills of any of the counties in this state, shall offend against
any of the provisions of this act, he shall forfeit for every such
offence the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered against
him by bill of indictment, to be prosecuted in the county court
of the county where such offence shall have been committed.

Penalty for
offending
against pro-
visions of
this act.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act of assembly shall
not have effect until the first day of May eighteen hundred and
twenty.

CHAPTER 156.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act relating to voting by Proxies
in the Banks of this State.
See 1819, ch. 134, ante page 712.

When to
take effect.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the act, to which this is a supplement shall not be con-

Original act
to extend