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mark and ascertain as well the direction as the extent of the lines, or if
such lines have been settled and ascertained by arbitration, no commis-
sioners shall have authority between the same parties or those claiming
under them, or either of them, to vary from the lines so settled, agreed
or ascertained.

1904, art. 15, sec. 17. 1888, art. 15, sec. 17. 1860, art. 15, sec. 17.
1786, ch. 83, sec. 6.

17. If any persons shall' agree to settle and ascertain the location
of their lands, and fix boundaries to the same, such settlement and
agreement, and a plot of the lands so settled, may, by consent of the
parties interested, be recorded in. the office of the clerk of the circuit
court for the county, or superior court of Baltimore city, and when
recorded shall have the same effect as if the location of such land had
been settled by commissioners.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1888, art. 15, sec. 18. 1860, art. 15, sec. 18. 1786, ch. 33, sec. 7.

18. Each commissioner appointed by the court shall be entitled to
two dollars per day for each day he shall attend in the execution of the
commission; any person acting as surveyor shall receive such per diem
allowance as shall be adjudged by the commissioners, not exceeding
four dollars per day; each chain carrier shall receive seventy-five cents,
and each witness fifty cents for each day they shall respectively attend,
to be paid by the person at whose request the service shall be per-
formed, and if necessary, attachment of contempt shall be issued by the
court issuing the commission, to compel such payment.

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