1612 ARTICLE 35

Where book, from which a statute of another state is proposed to be read, pur-
ports to contain the statutes of such state and to have been "published for state
of Ohio and distributed to its officers under act of the general assembly, passed
March 16, 1860," such volume is strictly within meaning of this section, and there-
fore admissible in evidence. Harryman v. Roberts, 52 Md. 76.

Cited but not construed in Eastwood v. Kennedy, 44 Md. 570; Fouke v. Fleming,
13 Md. 413.

Statute of Delaware was proved by reading it in evidence from printed Revised
Code of that state. Victory Sparkler Co. v. Gilbert, 160 Md. 184.

1927, ch. 584, sec. 56A.

71. (Publications Covered by this Sub-title.) Printed books or pam-
phlets purporting on their face to be the session or other statutes of any of
the United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign jurisdiction,
and to have been printed and published by the authority of any such state,
territory or foreign jurisdiction or proved to be commonly recognized in
its courts, shall be received in the courts of this state as prima facie evi-
dence of such statutes.

See notes to sec. 70.

1927, ch. 584, sec. 56B.

72. (Uniformity of Interpretation.) This sub-title comprising Sec-
tions 71, 72 and 73 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its
general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

1927, ch. 584, sec. 56C.

73. (Short Title.) This sub-title comprising Sections 71, 72 and 73
may be cited as the Uniform Proof of Statutes Act.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 57. 1912, sec. 54. 1904, sec. 54. 1888, sec. 49. 1852, ch. 42.

74. The ordinances and resolutions of the mayor and city council of
Baltimore may be read in evidence from the printed volumes thereof pub-
lished by the authority of said corporation, and a copy of the plot of the
city of Baltimore from the record thereof in the mayor's office or from
the record thereof in the office of the clerk of the superior court of said
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. Balti-
more, 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, 1924, sec. 58. 1912, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 55. 1888, sec. 50. 1825, ch. 78, sec. 2.

75. 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, 1924, sec. 59. 1912, sec. 56. 1904, sec. 56. 1888, sec. 51. 1785, ch. 9, sec. 7.
1874, ch. 66. 1918, ch. 130, sec. 56.

76. 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.