674 ARTICLE 17

An. Code, 1924, sec. 59. 1912, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 54.^: 1888, sec. 51. 1715, ch. 47,
sec. 8. 1766, ch; 14, seci 2. 1865, ch. 157. 1933, ch. 346, sec. 59.

65. The Clerks, of the Circuit Courts for the several counties and of
the Superior Court of Baltimore City shall record all deeds, mortgages and
other instruments affecting the title to or any interest in land, required
to be recorded, in a well-bound book or books to be styled "Land Rec-
ords"; and shall record all bills of sale, chattel mortgages and other
instruments affecting the title to or any interest in personal property,
required to be recorded, in another well-bound book or books to be styled
"Chattel Records"; all of which books shall be provided by said clerks
and each of which books shall contain an alphabetical index of the names
of all the parties to such instruments of writing as are recorded thereon;
provided that they shall not be required to record or receive for recording,
any deed, mortgage, bill of sale, chattel mortgage, or other instrument of
writing, unless the fees for recording the same as regulated by law .shall
first be paid by the person offering the same for record.

Recording of mortgage covering both realty and personalty among land records prior
to Act (1933, Ch. 346) requiring land and chattel records to be kept separately, and
indexing in both land and chattel records, held proper. In Re Putney Granite Corp.,
14 F. Supp. 31.

This section referred to in construing secs. 995 and 996 of Baltimore City Charter
(art. 4, P. L. L.). State v. Little, 157 Md. 457.

The alphabeting of the liber and the preparation of general index, are chargeable
against the parties having papers recorded. If clerk fails to collect such fees, the county
is not to suffer thereby. Peter v. Prettyman, 62 Md. 572.

See art. 21, "Conveyancing."
' See notes to sec. 69.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 59A. 1929, ch. 558. 1939, ch. 711.

66. Any person, firm or corporation offering for recordation in the
Clerk's office of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, or in the Clerk's
offices of the Circuit Courts for the several counties, any deed, mortgage,
lease, agreement, conditional sales contract, chattel mortgage, or any other
recordable instrument, upon a printed form, shall cause said forms to be
printed in good, clear readable, of not less than eight-point type. The
recording charges for any such instrument not conforming to the require-
ments of this section but offered for recordation may be three times the
charge now allowed by law for the recording of the same.

1939, ch. 265,

67. Any person, firm or corporation offering for recordation in the
Clerk's office any deed, mortgage, lease, agreement, conditional sales con-
tract or any other recordable instrument, or offering for recordation in the
Register of Wills' office any bond or release, shall cause the name or names
of every person, firm or corporation attached to said document or instru-
ment to be typed or printed directly above or below the signatures of said
persons, firms or corporations. The Clerk, or the Register of Wills, as the
case may be, shall, in addition to the fee or charge now allowed by law,
charge one dollar ($1.00) as an extra fee or charge for failure to comply
with the requirements of this section.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 60. 1912, sec. 56. 1904, sec. 55. 1902, ch. 516, sec. 51A.

68. The clerks of the several law and equity courts of the several
counties and of Baltimore City shall forthwith, upon their receipt or filing,
record air bonds of every nature and kind, filed in their respective courts