CLERKS OF COURTS 675

or given or taken in any proceedings or cause whatsoever at law or in equity,
in a well-bound book or books provided by said clerks for that purpose,
and none other; which book or books shall contain an alphabetical index
in the names of all the parties to such bonds; and, until such bonds are
actually recorded, they shall remain in the custody of said clerks, and said
clerks shall endorse on said bonds when and where the same are recorded
and shall be entitled to charge for their recording and indexing, similar
fees to those charged for recording and indexing chattel mortgages by said
clerks; and the copy of the record of any such bond, certified by the clerk
of the court where the same is recorded, under the seal of his office, shall
be prima facie evidence in any court of this State to prove such bond and
the execution and delivery thereof.
See notes to sec. 69.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 61. 1912, sec. 57. 1904, sec. 56. 1888, sec. 52. 1833, ch. 88, sec. 1.

1935, ch. 141, sec. 61.

69. 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, short assign-
ments of mortgages, and other conveyances of record in their respective
offices, which index shall be both in the names of each and all the grantors,
bargainers, donors, mortgagors or assignors, and each and all the grantees,
bargainees, donees, mortgagees or assignees, and shall refer to the book
and page of the record of the several conveyances designating the same.

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.

Indexing is not part of recording and consequently liability cannot be asserted against
clerk for failure to index. Standard Finance Co. v. Little, 159 Md. 621.

See sec. 65 and notes.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 62. 1912, sec. 62. 1912, sec. 58. 1904, sec. 57. 1888, sec. 53. 1833,
ch. 88, sec. 3. 1933, ch. 346, sec. 62. 1935, ch. 141, sec. 62.

70. 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, short assignment of mortgages, or other conveyance,
the names of parties, and the character of the conveyance in such alpha-
betical index, in the manner prescribed in the preceding section.

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.

See notes to secs. 65 and 69.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 63. 1912, sec. 59. 1904, sec. 58. 1888, sec. 54. 1785, ch. 9, sec. 7.
1806, ch. 90, sec. 7. 1900, ch. 427.

71. 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