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The courts do not take Judicial notice of the ordinances of the city of
Baltimore; they must be offered in evidence in accordance with this section.
Central Savings Bank v. Baltimore, 71 Md. 523.

That "printed volumes" are published by authority, may be gathered from
the volumes as they appear in print. Object of this section. Garrett v.
Janes, 65 Md. 265.

1904, art. 35, sec. 55. 1888, art. 35, sec. 50. 1860, art. 37, sec. 49.
1825, ch. 78, sec. 2.

55. Copies and extracts from the manuscript or printed volumes
of the proceedings of the several conventions and general assembly in
this State, remaining in the office of the clerk of the court of appeals,
when officially attested by said clerk, shall be evidence.

Ibid. sec. 56. 1888, art. 35, sec. 51. 1860, art. 37, sec. 50. 1785, ch. 9,

sec. 7. 1874, ch. 66.

56. A certified copy under seal of the extract of a deed transmitted
by any of the clerks of the circuit courts or the clerk of the superior
court of Baltimore city to the commissioner of the land office shall be
evidence if the original deed and record thereof be lost or destroyed.

Ibid. sec. 57. 1888, art. 35, sec. 52. 1860, art. 37, sec. 51. 1812, ch. 82.

57. A copy certified under the seal of the commissioner of the land
office of any patent, certificate, or of any entry or record contained in
any book deposited in the land office, or of any proceedings or papers
filed therein, shall be evidence.

As to the admissibility in evidence of notes or memoranda of a deceased
surveyor endorsed on his certificate of survey, see Snavely v. McPherson,
5 H. & J. 151.

As to the "land office," see art. 54.

Ibid. sec. 58. 1888, art. 35, sec. 53. 1860, art. 37, sec. 52. 1818, ch. 100.

58. A copy of any original certificate in the land office, together
with the notes or illustrations annexed thereto at the time the same
was returned into the land office, referring to the lines of other tracts
of land certified by the commissioner of the land office, under his hand
and the seal of his office, shall be evidence in any court of law or equity
in this State, in the same manner and have the same effect as if it were
the original paper and proved to be in the handwriting of the surveyor
by whom the original survey was made, and that the said surveyor was
dead.

Ibid. sec. 59. 1888, art. 35, sec. 54. 1860, art. 37, sec. 53. 1798, ch. 108

1853, ch. 448.

59. A copy of any of the books, papers, entries or proceedings in the
custody of or in the office of the secretary of state, under his seal of
office, shall be evidence.

Ibid. sec. 60. 1888, art. 35, sec. 55. 1860, art. 37, sec. 54. 1798, ch. 108.

60. A copy of any of the books, papers, entries and proceedings of
the treasury, attested by the treasurer, shall be evidence.

Under this section, a paper with the name of the treasurer signed to it is
evidence unless the name is proved not to have been signed by him. Prather
v. Johnson, 3 H. & J. 487.