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ART. 52.] KEEPER OF CHANCERY RECORDS.
within the city of Baltimore, within thirty days after
such resignation, removal from office, or expiration
of official term ; and any justice of the peace who
shall fail to deliver his docket as agreed, (in case the
said docket shall not have been unavoidably lost or
destroyed,) shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
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and on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine
of two hundred dollars or to six months imprison-
ment in the jail of the county or city, at the discre-
tion of the court.
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Penalty.
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10. If a justice of the peace dies, the delivery
provided for in the preceding section shall be made
by his administrator or other person in whose hands
the said docket and papers may be, within thirty
days after receiving the same; and such adminis-
trator or other person shall be subject to the same
penalty for neglect or failure to make such delivery
which is appointed in the last preceding section.
In force from February 13, 1664.
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In case of
justice's death
his representa-
tive to deliver
same.
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ARTICLE LI I.
Keeper of Chancery Records.
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1. Commissioner of land office to
hare charge of chancery records, &c.
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2. Compensation.
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1862, c. 208 repeals sections 1, 2 and 7 of this article and enacts the following
in lieu thereof.
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SEC. 1. The commissioner of the land office, shall
have charge of the records of the court of chancery,
and the anti-revolution papers now in the chancery
office, and shall discharge the duties hereinafter speci-
fied.
2. He shall, for the performance of said duties,
receive the sum of five hundred dollars per annum,
payable quarterly out of the treasury.
In force from January 28, 1862.
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1862, C 208.
Commissioner
of land office to
have charge of
chancery
records, &c.
Compensation.
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