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restoration and reinstatement of any and all judgments, decrees and other
matters at law or in equity, obtained in the courts of said county prior
to the destruction of the records thereof by fire, the evidence of which,
whether primary or secondary, written or parol, is in their judgment
sufficient to justify them in ordering the restoration and reinstatement
upon the records, books or dockets of said courts, of said judgments, de-
crees and other matters; and all such judgments, decrees and other mat-
ters shall have the same effect and operation in law or equity as they had
when rendered by the judges of said courts, and shall secure to the parties
interested the same rights, interest and privileges as they were possessed
of before the fire occurred.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 109. 1886, ch. 116.

246. When it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the judges of
said Circuit Court, or a majority thereof, that the amounts of said judg-
ments, decrees or other matters, or any one of them so sought to be re-
established and re-enacted, does not include the incidental expenses, such
as clerks costs, fees and other expenses usually incurred in obtaining said
judgment, decree or other matter, it shall be no ground or reason for
refusing to hear said petition or ascertaining, if possible, the probable
amount of said judgment, decree or other matter; and if it shall be made
to appear to the satisfaction of the judges, or a majority thereof, that
a judgment, decree or other matter was rendered in a certain year, but
the term of court remains uncertain or impossible to prove, they shall
order that the said judgment, decree or other matter, shall be reinstated
for the amount of indebtedness proved, and to take effect from the latest
term in said year, saving the right of appeal in all cases.

ROADS.*

1904, ch. 261, sec. 2.

247. The County Commissioners of Calvert County are hereby em-
powered to act as Road Commissioners for the -county; and they shall
have control and general supervision of the public roads in the county;
and they shall appoint one supervisor from each election district of said
county, who shall hold his office for two years, or until his successor is
duly appointed and qualified, and he shall be subject to removal by said
Commissioners for incompetency, wilful neglect of duty or misdemeanor
in office.

1904, ch. 261, sec. 3.

248. The County Commissioners shall be and they are hereby author-
ized and required to have copied and recorded in a well bound book pro-
vided by them for the purpose, all papers and proceedings in their office

*There are considerable confusion and apparent contradictions and inconsist-
encies in the laws under this subtitle, but except where specifically repealed, they
have been codified as enacted.

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