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seized and sold under executions, together with the several re-
turns to such executions; and the records of all such decrees,
judgments, papers and proceedings shall be made up at full
length, and in the manner before required, within the term of
six months from the time when the same shall be finally ren-
dered, made and completed; and where any sale of lands or tene-
ments shall be made under two or more writs of execution, it
shall be sufficient to make up the record only of the elder of said
judgments, with the execution, return and sale under such writ;
and of each of the other judgments there shall be embraced in
said record only a short copy, and only the docket entries of the
writs of execution thereon, respectively; and no clerk shall re-
cord any decree or judgment except such as relates to the title to-
land, or those under which lands have been sold in virtue of an
execution thereon.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 18, sec. 18. 1845, ch. 254, sec. 8. 1584, ch. 313.

21. If any clerk shall neglect or refuse to comply with the
provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars
for the use of the State; provided, that so far as the proceedings
mentioned in section 20 are concerned, the clerk shall not be
required to record the same until the costs thereof shall have
been first paid. This section shall not apply to Anne Arundel
Howard and Worcester counties.

Ibid. sec. 20. 1817, ch. 119, sec. 8.

22. If any person applies for a copy of the record of a judg-
ment or decree, in any case where the judgment or decree is not
required by law to be recorded, the clerk shall make and certify
a copy of the same from the papers, minutes and docket entries-
of such case, which shall be as available as a regular transcript of
a recorded judgment or decree.

Ibid. sec. 21. 1826, ch. 200, sec. 6.

23. The clerk of any court shall, upon application dnring the
vacation of said court, enter an appeal from the judgment, order
or decree of said court, to the court of appeals.