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the same to be well and substantially bound in leather and placed
among the records of his office; and the comptroller of the
'treasury is hereby directed to issue his warrant for such sum or
sums of money as from time to time may be necessary for the _
cost of such binding and for the purchase of index books, and
for the repair and rebinding of other record books in the land
office, upon a certificate of the correctness of the same given by
the commissioner of the land office, and the sum of one thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated annually for said purposes.

1894, ch. 191.

15. He is authorized and empowered to. continue the indexing
of certain land, records and extracts of deeds which were trans-
ferred to the land office from the Court of Appeals under said
act of 1874, chapter 66, and such extracts of deeds as shall be
received by him from the clerks of the circuit courts for the coun-
ties and the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, for
which said service there shall be allowed and paid the same rates
allowed by law to the clerks of the circuit courts for similar ser-
vices; and the comptroller of the treasury is directed to issue
his warrants for such sum or sums as may from time to time be
necessary to meet the cost of such indexing, upon the certificate
of the correctness of the same given by the commissioner of the
land office.

1892, ch. 282.

16. The comptroller of the treasury is directed to issue his
warrant for such sums as are now necessary and may from time
to time hereafter become necessary to meet the cost of making
index books and binding extracts of deeds authorized to be made
and continued by the preceding section, upon the certificate of
the correctness of the same given by the commissioner of the
land office, and the sum of one thousand dollars or so much
thereof as shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated annually for
for such purpose.

1894, ch. 191.

24. Any person desiring to take up vacant land or lands which
have escheated shall obtain a warrant from the commissioner of