986 EVIDENCE. [ART. 35

1904, art. 35, sec. 61. 1888, art. 35, sec. 56. 1860, art. 37, sec. 55. 1798, ch. 108.

61. A copy of any of the books, papers, entries and proceedings
belonging to the office of the comptroller, attested by the comptroller,
shall be evidence.

See art. 19, sec. 22.

Ibid. sec. 62. 1888, art 35, sec. 57. 1860, art. 37, sec. 56. 1829, ch. 91, sec. 1.

62. Copies or transcripts of manifests or other entries from the
books of inspectors of tobacco, certified under the hand and seal of
the inspector and verified by his affidavit to be true and accurate copies
from the original in his possession and to contain the entire entries
or subject-matters in reference to which such transcripts are required,
shall be evidence.

Ibid. sec. 63. 1888, art. 35, sec. 58. 1860, art. 37, sec. 57.
1854, ch. 149, sec. 3.

63. All copies of any books, papers, entries and proceedings in the
custody of the keeper of the records of the court of chancery, certified
under his seal of office, shall be evidence.

Ibid. sec. 64. 1888, art. 35, sec. 59. 1860, art. 37, sec. 58. 1798, ch. 101,
sub-ch. 2, sec. 4. 1817, ch. li9. 1888, ch. 545.

64. Copies of any record in the custody of any of the clerks of the
courts of law or equity, or register of wills, certified by such clerk or
register, under the seal of his office, shall be evidence; and all judg-
ments and decrees, deeds and other papers and proceedings required
by law to be recorded shall be considered records within the meaning
of this section. Short copies of judgments or decrees rendered by any
court of record of this State, certified by the clerk under the seal of
the court, with the docket entries, shall be admissible evidence in any
other court in this State, to prove the recovery of such judgment or
decree; and it shall not be necessary to produce a full exemplified copy
of the record in order to prove such judgment or decree.

A copy of a decree and the docket entries in a case certified in accordance
with this section, held to be admissible in evidence. Pontier v. State, 107
Md. 390.

A copy of a bond to dissolve an attachment, held to be part of the record
of a case and admissible in evidence under this section. Shipley v. Fox, 69
Md. 584; McAllister v. Eichengreen, 34 Md. 57.

Ordinarily, the original records Of one county can not be removed to be
offered in evidence in a case pending in another county, it being necessary
to produce certified copies in accordance with this section; in exceptional
cases, however, such original records may be produced. Jones v. Jones, 45
Md. 154; Evans v. Horan, 52 Md. 606; Morrill v. Gelston, 34 Md. 421. (All
three cases were decided prior to the adoption of section 67.)

Quaere, whether a copy of the proceedings in a case, filed as an exhibit
with a bill of complaint, Is required to be under the seal of the court. Gotts-
chalk v. Stein, 69 Md. 59.

The portion of this seciton making a copy of a recorded deed, evidence,
applied. Sitter v. McComas, 66 Md. 138.

When the record itself can be produced, either such record, or a certified
copy of the deed, is evidence. Preston v. Evans, 56 Md. 495.