902 LAND OFFICE. [ART. 54.
P. G. L , (1860,) art. 54, sec 2. 1782, ch. 38, sec. 11.

3. He may issue summons for witnesses to testify in cases

pending before him, and may compel their attendance, and may
order depositions to be taken in writing, on reasonable notice to
the opposite party, to be used in such cases.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1853, ch. 415, sec. 2.

4. He shall keep a docket in the form of the dockets used in
courts of equity, of all disputed cases affecting the title to land,
transcripts of which shall be evidence of the proceedings thereon

Ibid. sec. 4. 1853, ch. 415, sec. 2.

5. All papers filed in disputed cases affecting the title to lands
shall, with the proceedings, adjudications and orders of the com-
missioner of the land office, be duly recorded.

Ibid, sec 5. 1853, ch. 415, sec. 2.

6. The commissioner of the land office shall be entitled to the
same fees for recording such papers and proceedings as the clerks
of circuit courts are for similar services.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1853, ch. 415, sec. 3.

7. He shall keep a seal, and all process relating to proceedings
in the land office, shall issue under the seal of the land office,
attested by the commissioner.

1862, ch. 208.

8. He shall have charge of the records of the court of chancery,
and the ante-revolution papers now in the chancery office.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 52, sec. 4. 1854, ch. 149, sec. 3.

9. He may certify copies and proceedings of the court of
chancery in his possession, and where such certificates are required
to be under seal, he shall affix his seal of office; and he shall be
entitled to the same fees and compensation for such services as
the clerks of the circuit courts are entitled to for similar services.