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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Repealed and
Re-enacted.

of the acts passed January session eighteen hundred
and seventy-four, entitled "an act to authorize the
construction of fire-proof vaults in the Court House
in Easton, " be, and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Authorized to
levy.

1. The County Commissioners of Talbot county,
be, and they are hereby authorized and required to
levy on the assessable property of said county at
their next levy term, the sum of four thousand dol-
lars, to be collected as other taxes are collected, for
the purpose of constructing two fire-proof vaults in
the Court House in Easton; which said vaults shall
be constructed inside of the outer walls of said court
house, so as to be convenient and accessible to the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the office
of the Register of Wills for said county, and be used
for the preservation of the public records belonging
to the said offices respectively.

Committee.

2. James Dixon, E. L. F. Hardcastle and John C.
Harper, arc hereby appointed a committee to devise
a suitable plan for said fire-proof vaults, and to con-
tract with the lowest responsible bidder after public
advertisement, for the construction and completion
of the same, at a cost not to exceed the sum of four
thousand dollars, and on the approval of the work by

Pay contract'r

said committee, and not before, the said commission-
ers for Talbot county, shall pay the contractor for
work done and materials furnished under his con-
tract.

Fill vacancies.

3. In the event of the death, resignation, or re-
moval from the county of any member of said com-
mittee, the commissioners of said county are hereby
empowered to fill up the committee whenever. such
vacancy occurs.

Duties.

4. It is hereby made the duty of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court, and the duty of the Register of Wills
of Talbot county, to keep the public records belong-
ing to their respective offices, stored in said vaults
whenever the same are completed, at all times ex-
cept when said records are being used, and the bonds