WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOE. 349
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CHAPTER 213.
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AN ACT to authorize the Register of Wills of Wi-
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comico county to make and keep an accurate and
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complete index of all records in his office.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
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bly of Maryland, That the Register of Wills of
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Wicomico county be and he is hereby authorized
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Procure in-
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to procure two large index books, one to be known
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dex books.
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as " Index to Guardianships," and the other as " In-
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dex to Administrations," in the former of which
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books he shall enter and record, in alphabetical or-
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der, the names of all guardians, wards, dates of
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guardianships, penalty of each guardian bond, names
of the sureties on the same, date of each guardian
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account, and the date of the filing of the receipt
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and release of guardian from each ward, in each and
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every case ; and in the other book he shall enter and
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record the name of each administrator or executor,
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the name of each surety on each and every bond,
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penalty of said bond, name of decedent, date of ad-
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ministration, date of the passage of each adminis-
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tration account, and date of each distribution ; and
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the provisions of this act shall refer to and include
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What to in-
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all previous administrations and guardianships, as
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clude.
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well as all orders referring thereto, as also, all others
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hereafter to occur.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said register
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of wills shall receive for making said entries, in
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Fees allowed
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cases hereafter to occur, only such fees as are now
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allowed by law for docket entries to register of
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wills.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for preparing,
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entering and indexing the guardianships and ad-
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ministrations now remaining in said office, as re-
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quired in section one, the said register of wills shall
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receive a sum of money not exceeding three hundred
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Levy to pay
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dollars, to be hereafter agreed upon by and between
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expenses.
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the said register of wills and the board of county
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commissioners for said county, which sum of money,
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when agreed upon, together with the cost of pur-
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chasing the said index books, shall be levied by
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