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term of six months from the time when the same shall be
finally rendered, made and completed; and where any sale of
lands or tenements shall be made under two or more writs of
execution, it shall be sufficient to make up the record only of
the elder of said judgments, with the execution, return and sale
under such writ; and of each of the other judgments there shall
be embraced in said record only a short copy, and only the
docket entries of the writs of execution thereon, respectively;
and no clerk shall record any decree or judgment except such
as relates to the title to land, or those under which lands have
been sold in virtue of an execution thereon.

1894, ch 513, sec. 20 A.

22. Said clerk, whenever requested in writing to do so by
the trustee, attorney or party in interest, shall record among
the chancery, judicial or other proper record books of his office,
such bill of complaint, decree, order of court, trustee's report,
auditor's account and report or other paper filed in a cause in
his office, although the title to land may not be involved
therein, provided the cost of such recording be first paid or
provided for.

1888, art. 17, sec. 21. 1860, art. 18, sec 18. 1845, ch. 254, sec. 3.
1854, ch. 313.

23. If any clerk shall neglect or refuse to comply with the
provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dol-
lars for the use of the State; provided, that so far as the
proceedings mentioned in section 21 are concerned, the clerk
shall not be required to record the same until the costs thereof
shall have been first paid. This section shall not apply to
Anne Arundel, Howard and Worcester counties.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1860, art. 18, sec. 20. 1817, ch. 119, sec. 8.

24. If any person applies for a copy of the record of a
judgment or decree in any case where the judgment or decree
is not required by law to be recorded, the clerk shall make and
certify a copy of the same from the papers, minutes and docket
entries of such case, which shall be as available as a regular
transcript of a recorded judgment or decree.

Ibid. sec. 23. 1860, art. 18, sec. 21 1826, ch. 200, sec 6

25. The clerk of any court shall, upon application during
the vacation of said court, enter an appeal from the judgment,
order or decree of said court to the court of appeals.