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parties, no ex parte action shall be had by the said commissioner
until after such notice shall have been served upon the opposite
party, or his or their attorney on the record, according to such
rules as the said commissioner may prescribe, and from any
judgment or order past by said commissioner, under the autho-
rity conferred by this act; either party may appeal to the Circuit
Judge for the county, within thirty days after the passage of
such order or judgment; and in all cases of appeal, it shall be
the duty of the said commissioner to certify to said judge the
record of all proceedings and evidence had before him in the
matter, and appeal may be considered and determined by said
judge, in or out of court, at his election, and according to such
rule or practice as he may prescribe.

24. The judicial records which may have been wholly or
partially destroyed by fire, shall be inquired into and restored
by the said commissioner upon proper evidence, in the same
manner as prescribed in relation to the restoration of other
records and papers, and the finding and re-establishing of such
record or papers shall be certified by the said commissioner to
the clerk of the Circuit Court for said county, who shall re-file
or re-record, as the case may be.

25. "Whenever any records or dockets which have been
injured by fire, shall have been already made up and restored
by the clerk of the said Circuit Court, it shall be the duty of
the commissioner to examine said records or dockets, and if the
same shall be approved by him, to certify such fact by endorse-
ment on the said records or dockets under his hand and seal,
and such record or dockets shall be as valid and effective, as if
the same had not been destroyed or injured by fire; provided,
said docket or dockets shall have been certified to and approved
by the Judge of the Circuit Court, as provided by the ninth
section of this act. [Sec. 22.]

26. At the close of this commission, all the partially burnt
papers, records and dockets which may have been renewed by
the substitution of the other papers, records or dockets by the
said commissioner, shall be properly endorsed and filed away