18 BALTIMORE COUNTY. [ART. 3.

17. Whenever any records or dockets which have been in-
jured 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 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 tenth section
of this act, [section 14. ]

18. At the close of this commission, all the partially burnt
papers, records and dockets, which may have been renewed by
the substitution of other papers, records or dockets by the said
commissioner shall be properly endorsed and filed away by the
clerk of the said Circuit Court in his office, and preserved as
other records and papers are now preserved in said office.

19. The commissioner hereby appointed, is hereby authorized,
empowered and required to record all deeds confirmatory exe-
cuted by himself from extrinsic evidence as provided in section
seven of this act [section 11, ] relating to property, the record
of which has been destroyed by fire in the office of the clerk
aforesaid, and the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county, is hereby ordered and directed to furnish the said com-
missioner with the dockets, books and papers in his office, as
well as provide others when required by said commissioner, as
well as facilitate the said commissioner in the performance of
the duties required of him by this act.

20. The said commissioner shall be allowed for his services
as commissioner, for restoring and completing the restoration of
all the burnt, records and papers as indicated in this act, and
recording and indexing and filing papers relating to his office,
the sum of two thousand dollars; and it shall be the duty of
said commissioner, monthly on oath, to present his account for
settlement to the county commissioners for Baltimore county.