1108 EVIDENCE. [ART. 35

1888, art. 35, sec. 49 1860, art. 37, sec. 48. 1852, ch. 42.

54. The ordinances and resolutions of the mayor and city
council of Baltimore may be read in evidence from the printed
volumes thereof published by the authority of said corpora-
tion, and a copy of the plot of the city of Baltimore from the
record thereof in the mayor's office or from the record thereof
in the office of the clerk of the superior court of said city,
duly certified under seal by the keeper of such records, respec-
tively, shall be evidence.
Giraud's Lessee v. Hughes, 1 G & J. 249. Garrett v. Janes, 65 Md. 265.

Ibid. sec. 50. 1860, art. 37, sec 49 1825, ch 78, sec. 2.

55. Copies and extracts from the manuscript or printed
volumes of the proceedings of the several conventions and gen-
eral assembly in this State, remaining in the office of the clerk
of the court of appeals, when officially attested by said clerk,
shall be evidence.

Ibid. sec. 61. 1860, art. 37, sec. 50. 1785, ch. 9, sec. 7. 1874, ch. 66.

56. A certified copy under seal of the extract of a deed
transmitted by any of the clerks of the circuit courts or the
clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city to the commis-
sioner of the land office shall be evidence if the original deed
and record thereof be lost or destroyed.

Ibid. sec. 52. 1860, art. 37, sec. 51. 1812, ch. 82.

57. A copy certified under the seal of the commissioner of
the land office of any patent, certificate, or of any entry or
record contained in any book deposited in the land office, or of
any proceedings or papers filed therein, shall be evidence.

Thornton's Lessee v. Edwards, 1 H. & McH 158. Carroll's Lessee v.
Llewellin, 1 H. & McH. 165. Maxwell's Lessee v Floyd, 1 H & McH 212
Cockey's Lessee v Smith, 3 H. & J 20. Lee v Hoye, 1 Gill, 188. Casey's
Lessee v Inloes, 1 Gill, 430.

Ibid. sec. 53. 1860, art. 37, sec. 52. 1818, ch. 100.

58. A copy of any original certificate in 'the land office,
together with the notes or illustrations annexed thereto at the
time the same was returned into the land office, referring to the
lines of other tracts of land certified by the commissioner of
the land office, under his hand and the seal of his office, shall
be evidence in any court of law or equity in this State, in the
same manner and have the same effect as if it were the original