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be made up anew from the trial papers, auxiliary dockets, or any
evidence in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county, which may be accessible from the burnt remains of any
docket or papers, or otherwise, and when such dockets shall have
been made up, the said commissioners shall certify the same,
under their hands and seals, to the judge of the Circuit Court, and
it shall be. the duty of the said judge to examine such renewed
docket or dockets, as the case may be, and if found to be cor-
rect, to adopt the same as the dockets of the court, and the said
judge shall signify such adoption by a certificate, in writing,
upon each of such dockets, and such renewed dockets shall be
as valid and effectual in law as the original dockets would have
been had they not been destroyed or in any way injured by fire.

16. When any cause of action or trial paper, in any case,
whether pending or settled at law or in equity, may have been
wholly or partially destroyed by fire, the said commissioners are
hereby authorised to cause the same to be restored or re-establish-
ed by consent of parties if so proposed, or by such evidence as
may be supplied from the remains of burnt papers or dockets, or
other papers in the office, and if such evidence shall be sufficient
in their judgment, they shall certify such restored or re-estab-
lished cause of action or trial paper to the clerk of the Circuit
Court for said county, who shall refile such paper or papers 'and
cause the proper docket entry or entries to be made thereof, and
such refiled paper and docket entry shall have the same validity
and effect as if the original paper had not been destroyed or
injured by fire; and in case any cause of action, or trial paper,
cannot be sufficiently established in the manner herein above
prescribed, it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to hear
extrinsic evidence touching the re-establishment of such paper,
and shall, if satisfied upon such evidence, that such paper is ful-
ly re-established, certify such restored or renewed cause of action
or trial paper to the clerk of the Circuit Court for said county,
who shall refile such paper and make the corresponding docket
entries thereto, in conformity to the order passed in the prem-
ises; and such refiled paper and docket entries thereof shall have
the same validity and force in law or equity as if the originals
thereof had not been destroyed or injured by fire; provided, how-
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