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bond, certified by the clerk of the court where the same is
recorded, under the seal of his office, shall be prima fade evi-
dence in any court of this State to prove such bond and the
execution and delivery thereof.

1888, art. 17, sec 52. 1860, art. 18, sec. 52. 1833, ch 88, sec 1
56. They shall make a full and complete general alphabetical
index (unless the same shall have already been done) in a book
or books, well bound for that purpose, of all deeds, mortgages,
bills of sale, and other conveyances of record in their respective
offices, which index shall be both in the names of each and all
the grantors, bargainers, donors or mortgagors, and each and
all the grantees, bargainees, donees or mortgagees, and shall refer
to the book and page of the record of the several conveyances
designating the same.
Peter v. Prettyman, 62 Md. 572.

Ibid sec. 53. 1860, art. 18, sec. 53 1833, ch 88, sec 3

67. They shall continue and keep up the alphabetical indexes
required by the preceding section, by noting at the time of
recording any deed, mortgage, bill of sale or other conveyance,
the names of parties, and the character of the conveyance in
such alphabetical index, in the manner prescribed in the pre-
ceding section.

Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 54. 1860, art. 18, sec. 54 1785, ch 9, sec 7. 1806, ch. 90, sec 7.

1900, ch. 427.

58. Every clerk, after he records any deed, mortgage,
release of mortgage, or lease of real estate shall, before
delivering the original, carefully and with accuracy enter the
substance of such deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease
of real estate—that is to say, the date of the deed, mortgage,
release of mortgage, or lease of real estate, the Christian names
and surnames of the parties, with their additions, if any; the
name of the land or estate, if any, in such deed, mortgage,
release of mortgage, or lease of real estate mentioned to be
conveyed; the courses, metes and bounds thereof, if expressed
in the deed, mortgage, release of mortgage,, or lease of real
estate; and the number of acres, if therein stated, and such
other description of the land conveyed as may be contained
in such deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or lease of real
estate, and the place where the same may lie; the considera-
tion for making the deed, mortgage, release of mortgage, or