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upon the duties of his office or employment, take and sub-
scribe to the constitutional oath of office. No person shall
be eligible for appointment or shall hold the office of com-
missioner, or be appointed by the commission to or hold any
office or position under the commission, who holds any
official relation to any common carrier, railroad corporation,
street railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corpora-
tion, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water com-
pany, heat and refrigerating company, transportation of prop
erty or freight company, or other public service corporation
subject to any of the provisions of this sub-title, or who owns
stock or bonds therein or who has any pecuniary interests
therein.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 15, 1947.

CHAPTER 103.
(Senate Bill 66)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1
of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Clerks of Courts", sub-title "General Duties of
Clerks", as said section was amended by Chapter 101 of the
Acts of 1945, authorizing the recording by photostat ma-
chine if approved by the Court.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Clerks of Courts", sub-title
"General Duties of Clerks", as said section was amended by
Chapter 101 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

1. Every clerk shall have the custody of the books and
papers pertaining to his office, and shall carefully keep and
preserve the same; he shall file all papers delivered to him to
be filed, and shall record all judgments, decrees, deeds and
writings which by law are required to be recorded in the office
of which he is clerk; he shall issue all writs and process which
by law may be issued from the court of which he is clerk; he
shall give a copy of any paper or record in his office to any
person applying for the same, upon being paid the usual fees