1614 ARTICLE 35

under the seal of his office, shall be evidence; and all judgments 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, certi-
fied 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 admissible in evidence. Pontier v. State, 107 Md. 390.

A copy of a bond to dissolve an attachment, held 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 rec9rds of one county cannot be removed to be offered in
evidence in a case pending in another county, it being necessary to produce certi-
fied 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 eases were decided prior to the adoption
of sec. 88.)

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

The portion of this section making a copy of a recorded deed, evidence, applied.
Sitler 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.

As to lost deeds, see sec. 76.

As to proof of foreign debts and other instruments, see sec. 48, et seq.

As to the admissibility in evidence of certified copies of foreign wills, and as to
wills not required (by a foreign law) to be recorded, see art. 93, sec. 366, et seq.

See sec. 88 and notes to sec. 48.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 68. 1912, sec. 65. 1906, ch. 26.

85. A copy of any books, papers, entries or proceedings belonging to
the office of the state tax commission, attested by the state tax commis-
sion, shall be received as evidence in any court of law or equity, or before
any judge, justice of the peace or other tribunal in this State, in the same
manner and to have the same effect as if the original books, papers, entries
or proceedings were themselves produced.

1933, ch. 317.

86. A copy of any books, papers, entries, records or proceedings
pertaining to the office of the State Roads Commission, when certified to
by the Secretary of the State Roads Commission, shall be received as evi-
dence in any court of law or equity, or before any judge, justice of the
peace, or other tribunal in this State, in the same manner and to have
the same effect as if the original books, papers, entries, records or pro-
ceedings were themselves produced.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 69. 1912, sec. 66. 1904, sec. 65. 1888, sec. 60. 1817, ch. 119.

87. Copies of judgments, decrees or other judicial proceedings not
required to be recorded, made by any of the clerks from the papers, docket
entries and minutes of the court, certified by such clerk under the seal of
his office, shall be evidence.

See sec. 52 and notes to sec. 84.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 70. 1912, sec. 67. 1904, sec. 66. 1888, sec. 61. 1890, ch. 318.

88. In any suit, action or proceeding at law now depending or here-
after to be instituted in any of the courts of law of this State wherein a