ART. 3.] BALTIMORE COUNTY.

indexes, papers and instruments of writing in the
office of the said clerk, and the said clerk is hereby
authorized and required to deliver to the said com-
missioner said indexes, records, dockets, papers and
instruments of writing as have been made or done
by any former commissioners or commissioner of
records, or by the clerk of said commissioners or
commissioner, or by the clerk of the said circuit
court by order of any of said commissioners, and
all other indexes, records, dockets, papers, or instru-
ments of writing in the office of the said clerk and
which may be required and wanted by said commis-
sioner in the discharge of his duties as commissioner
aforesaid, and to render such assistance and facilities
as he can in his official capacity as clerk aforesaid as
will assist and facilitate the said commissioner in the
performance of the duties authorized and required
by this act, and if the said clerk should require it, it

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shall be the duty of the said commissioner to receipt
to the said clerk for such indexes, records, dockets,
papers and instruments of writing as he shall remove
and take from the office of the said clerk, and the
said clerk is hereby further authorized and directed
to cause all papers, instruments of writing or records
to be recorded or filed, or records to be re -recorded
anew as shall be ordered and required to be done by
the said commissioner, and shall file such papers and
instruments of writing and do such recording and
other work as the said commissioner may order and
require him to do for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of this act, and the said clerk shall be
allowed for such work as the said commissioner may
order and require him to do, such fees or compensa-
tion as are now allowed by law for similar service,
and such payments stall be made to the said clerk
by the county commissioners of said county monthly,
upon the certificate of the said commissioner setting
forth that he has examined the recording and other
work ordered by him and that the same has been
properly done and that the amount charged and

Commissioner
to receipt to
clerk of court