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their own intrinsic evidence, or by the aid of other evidence
accessible to the said commissioner, it shall be the duty of the
said commissioner to cause the said records to be restored to
their original condition, and to be recorded anew by the clerk
of the Circuit Court for said county, accompanied by a certifi-
cate to that effect, and for the purpose of preserving the said
records as continuously together as they were before burnt, the
said commissioner is hereby authorized, if he see fit, to cause
the binding of any of the record books to be renewed, so that
the folios may be separated, the burnt portions detached and
the new record thereof and correspondent thereto, be substituted
in the place of said burnt part, and to have the said record book
thus restored to its original condition, rebound, and a certificate
to that effect recorded therein.

21. In all cases wherein process may be issued, to summon
parties before the commissioner, which shall be returned non est,
no final order shall be passed in the premises until public notice
shall have been first given in some one of the newspapers pub-
lished in said county, once a week, for at least three weeks, and
no order shall be passed upon any record or paper, alleged to
have been destroyed or injured by fire, which shall in any wise
have the effect to impair or interfere, with the rights of third
parties, not appearing to or contesting any issue before the said
commissioner, and any party to any issue or examination, had
before said commissioner, shall have the right, at any time
within thirty days, of appeal from any order passed by him to
the Circuit Judge for said county, and the said commissioner
shall be and is hereby required to carry into effect the order of
the said Judge in the premises.

22. When any docket shall have been wholly or partially
destroyed by fire, the said commissioner shall cause the same-
to 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 commissioner shall certify the
same under his hand and seal to the Judge of the Circuit Court,