226 CLERKS OF COURTS. [ART. 17.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 18, sec. 52. 1833, ch. 88, sec. 1.

52. They shall make a full and complete general alphabetical
index, (unless the same shall have already been done,) in a book
or books well bound for that purpose, of all deeds, mortgages,
bills of sale, and other conveyances of record in their respective
offices, which index shall be both in the names of each and all
the grantors, bargainers, donors or mortgagors, and each and all
the grantees, bargainees, donees or mortgagees, and shall refer to
the book and page of the record of the several conveyances
designating the same.

Peter v. Prettyman, 62 Md. 572.

Ibid sec. 53. 1833, ch. 88, sec. 3.

53. They shall continue and keep up the alphabetical indexes
required by the preceding section, by noting at the time of
recording any deed, mortgage, bill of sale or other conveyance,
the names of parties, and the character of the conveyance in such
alphabetical index, in the manner prescribed in the preceding
section.

Ibid.,

Ibid. sec. 54. 1785, ch. 9, sec. 7. 1806, ch. 90, sec. 7.

54. Every clerk, after he records any deed, shall, before deliver-
ing the original, carefully and with accuracy enter the substance of
such deed—that is to say, the date of the deed, the Christian
names and surnames of the parties, with their additions, (if any;)
the name of the land or estate, (if any,) in such deed mentioned
to be conveyed; the courses, metes and bounds thereof, if ex-
pressed in the deed; and the number of acres, (if therein stated;)
and such other description of the land conveyed as may be con-
tained in such deed, and the place where the same may lie; the
consideration for making the deed, and the estate conveyed by
such deed, in the very expressions thereof; and also state and
certify, immediately after and following such entry, the day such
deed was recorded, and shall sign his name thereto.

Young v. State, 7 G & J. 253. Stewart v. Redditt, 3 Md. 79. Barry v.
Hoffman, 6 Md. 79. Burgess v. Lloyd, 7 Md. 178. Hutchins v. Dixon 11 Md.
41.

Ibid. sec. 55. 1826, ch. 226, sec. 3. 1874, ch. 66.

55. They shall make the entry aforesaid on good royal writing
paper, such as is commonly used in record books, each sheet