THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all sales made
by the Sheriffs and Constables of Somerset and
Worcester counties respectively, or which may he
made by them in pursuance of writs issued to them
before the adoption of the present Constitution,
and levied by them upon property within the limits
of Wicomico county, be and the same are hereby

Writs issued.

ratified and confirmed, provided the same shall
have been levied and made in strict conformity to
law and liable to no exceptions other than want of
jurisdiction.

Proviso.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 6, 1868.

In force.

CHAPTER 19.

AN ACT to require the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Washington county to prepare and make a
general index to the Land Records of Washing-
ton county and to transcribe one of the Equity
Dockets of said Court.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Washington county be and he is hereby re-
quired to make a full and general alphabetical in-
dex, in a book or books, well bound for the pur-
pose, of all deeds, mortgages, bills of sale and
other conveyances of record, in his office, which
were recorded since the first day of January, in
the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, which
index shall be in the name of each grantor, bar-
gainor, donor or mortgagor, and each grantee,
bargainee, donee or mortgagee, and shall refer to
the book and page of the record of the several
conveyances as aforesaid.

Make index.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said
Clerk be and he is hereby required to procure one
new equity docket, well bound for the purpose,

New equity
docket.