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city, duly certified under seal by the keeper of such records, respectively,
shall be evidence.

Courts do not take judicial notice of 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.

An. Code, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 55. 1888, sec. 50. 1825, ch. 78, sec. 2.

58. 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 offi-
cially attested by said clerk, shall be evidence.

An. Code, sec. 56. 1904, sec. 56. 1888, sec. 51. 1785, ch. 9, sec. 7. 1874, ch. 66.

1918, ch. 130, sec. 56.

59. A certified copy under seal of the extract of any deed, mortgage,
release of mortgage, or lease of real estate, 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 in any Court of record
of this State of the original deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease of
real estate.

An. Code, sec. 57. 1904, sec. 57. 1888, sec. 52. 1812, ch. 82.

60. 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 admissibility in evidence of notes or memoranda of a deceased surveyor en-
dorsed on his certificate of survey, see Snavely v. McPherson, 5 H. & J. 151.
As to the " land office," see art. 54.

An. Code, sec. 58. 1904, sec. 58. 1888, sec. 53. 1818, ch. 100.

61. 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.

An. Code, sec. 59. 1904, sec. 59. 1888, sec. 54. 1798, ch. 108. 1853, ch. 448.

62. 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.