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An. Code, sec. 57. 1904, sec. 56. 1888, sec. 52. 1833, ch. 88, sec. 1.

61. They shall make a full and complete general alphabetical index
(unless the same shall have already been done) in a book or books, well
bound for that purpose, of all deeds, mortgages, bills of sale, and other
conveyances of record in their respective offices, which index shall be both
in the names of each and all the grantors, bargainors, donors or mortgagors,
and each and all the grantees, bargainees, donees or mortgagees, and shall
refer to the book and page of the record of the several conveyances desig-
nating the same.

See sec. 59 and notes.

An. Code, sec. 58. 1904, sec. 57. 1888, sec. 53. 1833, ch. 88, sec. 3.

62. They shall continue and keep up the alphabetical indexes required
by the preceding section, by noting at the time of recording any deed,
mortgage, bill of sale or other conveyance, the names of parties, and the
character of the conveyance in such alphabetical index, in the manner pre-
scribed in the preceding section.
See sec. 59 and notes.

An. Code, sec. 59. 1904, sec. 58. 1888, sec. 54. 1785, ch. 9, sec. 7. 1806, ch. 90, sec. 7.

1900, ch. 427.

63. Every clerk, after he records any deed, mortgage, release of mort-
gage, or lease of real estate shall, before delivering the original, carefully
and with accuracy enter the substance of such deed, mortgage, release of
mortgage, or lease of real estate—that is to say, the date of the deed, mort-
gage, release of mortgage, or lease of real estate, the Christian names and
surnames of the parties, with their additions, if any; the name of the land
or estate, if any, in such deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease of
real estate mentioned to be conveyed; the courses, metes and bounds thereof,
if expressed in the deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease of real
estate; and the number of acres, if therein stated, and such other description
of the land conveyed as may be contained in such deed, mortgage, release
of mortgage, or lease of real estate, and the place where the same may lie;
the consideration for making the deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or
lease of real estate, and the estate conveyed by such deed, mortgage, release
of mortgage, or lease of real estate, in the very expressions thereof; and
also state and certify, immediately after and following such entry, the
day such deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease of real estate was
recorded, and shall sign his name thereto.

This section does not change the requirements necessary to entitle a deed to be
recorded, or authorize a clerk to refuse to record a mortgage taken by a firm in the
firm name instead of the individual names. Bernstein v. Hobelman, 70 Md. 41.

An. Code, sec. 60. 1904, sec. 59. 188S, sec. 55. 1826, ch. 226, sec. 3. 1874, ch. 66.

1900, ch. 427.

64. They shall make the entry, aforesaid, on good royal writing paper,
such as is commonly used in record books, each sheet measuring in length
nineteen inches, and in breadth twelve inches, with a margin in blank of
about half an inch at the sides, top and bottom of each page, and shall
transmit the same, on or before the first day in June in each year, to the