184 BALTIMORE COUNTY. [ART. 3.

F. L. L., (1860, ) art. 3, sec 51

26. He shall promptly and regularly index in the general
index of his office, bills of sale, mortgages of personal property
and other conveyances, beside such as relate to land.

Ibid. sec. 52.

27. Each book of the general alphabetical index of the rec-
ords of his office shall embrace the period of at least ten years
for every letter to which such book may be appropriated.

Ibid. sec. 53.

28. Such index shall be under the supervision of the judges
of said court, and besides being both in the name of each and all
of the grantors, and each and all of the grantees, and exhibiting
the page and record of the several conveyances, shall give such
designation of the land or property conveyed as the conveyances
may furnish.

Ibid. sec. 54.

29. The said clerk shall be entitled to charge and receive, in
addition to the amount chargeable for recording such convey-
ances or writings, twenty cents for the entry of each in said
index.

1868, ch. 129.

30. It shall be the duty of said clerk to enter in a general
index all judgments obtained on the day on which said judg-
ments are rendered, for which service he shall be allowed the
same compensation as is now allowed for similar services, to be
paid for by the parties to the suit, respectively, as other costs are
now paid.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
P. L. L, (1860, ) art. 8, sec. 68. 1872, ch. 371.

31. There shall be three county commissioners for Baltimore
county. They shall each receive an annual salary of one thous-
and dollars, including mileage, payable monthly by the treasurer
of said county; and they are required to meet for the transaction
of the public business at their office in the court-house at Tow-
son, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week, and daily from
the first Tuesday in March in each year until the annual levy is
made.