ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 5

CHAPTER 3.
AN ACT to authorize the Register of Wills for Howard County to examine, perfect, and index certain Records in his office, and to authorize and provide compensation for services so ren- dered :
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Register of Wills for How- ard County be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to examine the following unexamined Records, and to compare the same with the origi- nals now on file in his office, to wit: the Records of Wills, Records of Bonds of Administrators and Guardians, and Records of Releases and Inden- tures, and that for the rendition of such said ser- vice, he shall be allowed by the Commissioners of said County the sum of ten dollars for each day he	Examine un- examined re- cords.
may he so engaged, not to exceed ninety days, in which said sum is intended to be included the per diem to be paid by said Register to such assistant as he may require and employ.	Per diem.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That the said Register be and he is hereby further authorized and em- powered to prepare and make a general index of
all Wills, Bonds, Guardians Accounts, Adminis- trators Accounts, Inventories, Accounts of Sales, and Releases, now on file in his office, for which said service he shall he allowed and paid by the said Commissioners of said County, at the same	Make general index.
rate as is charged by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County for similar services, and that from and alter the passage of this Act, the Register of the said County shall be entitled to have and receive from any person or persons depositing in his office for record, any Will, Bond, Guardian Account, Administrator's Account, Inventory, Ac- count of Sale or Release, the same amount as is now charged by the Clerk of the County, for the special purpose of keeping up and continuing the said General Index.	Compensation
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Register of Wills aforesaid, shall make out, from time to time, as may be necessary, a true and correct statement of the services rendered under and by authority of	Make out statement.