ART. 54.] BOND—RECORDS—DEEDS. 903

F G. L., (1860,) art. 54, sec. 7. 1853, ch. 415, sec 5.

10. He shall give bond to the State of Maryland, with security
to be approved by the governor, and kept in the State department,
in the penalty of two thousand dollars, for the faithful perform-
ance of the duties of his office.

Marshall v. Haney, 9 Gill, 259. Clement's Lessee v. Ruckle, 9 Gill, 328.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1853, ch. 415, sec. 5.

11. All monies payable to the State, on account of the public
lands, shall be paid to the commissioner of the land office, whose
receipts therefor shall be a good acquittance to the party paying
the same; and the said commissioner shall keep an account of all
such payments in a book kept for the purpose, and shall account
monthly with the comptroller, on oath, and pay over to the
treasurer all such monies so received, first deducting therefrom
twenty-five per centum as a compensation for his trouble.

Ibid, sec 9. 1853, ch. 415, sec. 7.

12. He shall record all certificates that may be returned to the
land office, and issue patents thereon, so soon as they are ready
for patents.

1874, ch. 66.

13. He shall have custody of all books containing deeds and
transfers of soldiers' lots, and all other land record books and
papers, including extracts of deeds transferred to him by the
clerk of the court of appeals, under the act of 1874, chapter 66,
and of all the other extracts of deeds which shall be hereafter re-
ceived by him, and shall give certified copies of such deeds and
extracts, and make searches for the same when so required, and
shall receive and retain therefor fees at the same rate now charged
for copies of and searches for other papers in his office.

Ibid.

14. He shall receive and carefully file among the records of his.
office, all extracts of deeds transferred to him by the clerk of the,
court of appeals, under said act of 1874, chapter 66, and all
such as shall be transmitted to him by the clerks of the circuit
courts of this State; and when he shall have received a sufficient
number of each extracts from the same county to form a record