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WITNESSES AND Evidence. [ART. 70.

Id 9 50
1785, c 9,s 7,
1874, c 66,
1876, c 257
Extracts of
deeds in office
of commissioner
of the Land
office.

49. A. certified copy under seal of the extract of a deed trans-
mitted by any of the clerks of the Circuit Courts or the clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City to the commissioner of the Land
Office, shall be evidence if the original deed and record thereof be
lost or destroyed.

Art 37, s 61
1812, c 82
Patent records,
etc , in Land
Office
1 Gill 188.

50. A copy certified under the seal of the commissioner of the
Land Office of any patent, certificate, extract of deed, or of any entry
or record contained in any book deposited in the Land Office, or of
any proceedings or papers filed therein, shall be Evidence.

Id s 52
1818, c 100
Copies of
original certifi-
cates in Land
office.

51, A copy of any original certificate in the Land Office, together
with the notes or illustrations annexed thereto at the time the same
was returned into the Land Office, referring to the lines of other
tracts of lands, certified by the commissioner of the Land Office
under his hand and the seal of his office, shall be evidence in any
court of law or equity in this State, in the same manner and have
the same effect as if it were the original paper and proved to be in
the handwriting of the surveyor by whom the original survey was

Id s 53
1798,c 108,
1893, c 448
Copies from the
secretary of
state's office
Id s. 54
1798, c 108
Copies from
treasurer's
office. 3 H & J

made, and that the said surveyor was dead.
52, Any copy of any of the books, papers, entries and proceed-
ings in the custody of or in the office of the secretary of state under
his seal of office, shall be Evidence.
53, A copy of any of the books, papers, entries and proceedings
of the treasury, attested by the treasurer, shall be Evidence.

378, 444, 487

Id s 55
1798,c 108
Copies from
comptroller's
office

54. A copy of any of the books, papers, entries and proceedings
belonging to the office of the comptroller, attested by the comptrol-
ler, shall be e\ idence

Id s 56
1829, c 91, s 1
Copies from
books of tobacco
inspectors

55. Copies or transcripts of manifests or other entries from the
books of inspectors of tobacco, certified under the hand and seal of
the inspector and verified by his affidavit to be true and accurate
copies from the original in his possession., and to contain the entire
entries or subject-matters in reference to which such transcripts are

Const art 7, s 4
Id s 67
1854, c 149, s 8
Copies from
records of late
Court of Chan-
cery
34 Md 57

required, shall be Evidence.
56. All copies of any books, papers, entries and proceedings in
the custody of the commissioner of the Land Office as keeper of the
records of the Courts of Chancery, certified under his seal of office,
shall be Evidence.

Id a 58
1798, c 101, sub
2 s 4, 1817, c
119
Copies from
offices of clerks
and registers
21 Md 558 ,
22 Md 94, 187 ,
25 Md 402 . 26
Md 8 , 30 Md
409, 34 Md 413,

5 7. Copies of any record in the custody of any of the clerks of
courts of law or equity or register of wills, certified by such clerk or
register, under the seal of his office, shall be evidence; and all judg-
ments and decrees, deeds, and other papers and proceedings required
by law to be recorded, shall be considered records within the mean-
ing of this section.

35 Md 208 , 45 Md 144

Id s 59.
1817, c 119
Copies of Judg-
ments and pro-
ceedings not
required to be
recorded
11 Md 338 , 33

58. Copies of judgments, decrees, or other judicial proceedings
not required to be recorded, made by any of the clerks from the
papers, dockets, entiies and minutes of the court, certified by such
clerk under the seal of his office, shall be Evidence.

Md 1 , 34 Md 54 , 45 Md 144