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CHAP. 279.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or per-
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Conveyances
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sons having possession of any hill of sale, mortgage or
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other instruments of writing, relating to personal pro-
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perty, that appears to have been heretofore recorded
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in Worcester county and the record thereof has been
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destroyed, may have the same enrolled again, and the
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clerk of Worcester county court is hereby required to
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record the same together with the endorsement thereon,
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of the former enrollment, in the record book aforesaid,
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at the cost and expense of the party or parties requir-
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ing the same, and the same when so recorded shall
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have the same effect and operation in law to all intents
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and purposes, as if the records aforesaid, in which the
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said papers were heretofore recorded, had never been
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destroyed.
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Of personal prop-
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That any person or persons
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erty
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claiming any right to any personal property, by virtue
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of any instrument of writing, which had been recorded
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in the county aforesaid, and which with the records
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Take testimony before justices
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thereof has been destroyed shall and may, upon appli-
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cation to any two justices of the peace, of the State of
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Maryland, in and for Worcester county aforesaid, pro-
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ceed to take testimony as the nature of the case will
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admit of, to establish the existence and validity of any
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instrument of writing so as aforesaid recorded and de-
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stroyed, and the right of property therein mentioned,
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and the said justices, before they proceed to take tes-
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Notice
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timony in the cases, shall give at least twenty days
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notice by advertisement, inserted once a week for three
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successive weeks in a newspaper published in Worces-
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ter county aforesaid, and also to be set up at the court
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house door of the county aforesaid, of the time and
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place of their intention to take the testimony on the
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application aforesaid, and shall also give notice to any
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person or persons that may appear to be interested in
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Justice to return
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the issue of the subject matter before them, and the
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said justices shall make return of their proceedings to
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Clerk to record
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the clerk of Worcester county court, who shall record
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the same in the record book aforesaid, at the expense
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and cost of the party requiring the same, and the same
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when so recorded shall be binding and have the same
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