598

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

shall judge between said locations, and all locations

by protraction shall be made by course and distance

according to the description of the lands so located,

to be shown and proved by some patent, deed, or

other paper to be given in evidence, and shall be

How con-

connected by the course and distance of some title

nected .

paper or other competent evidence, with lines and

objects located by actual survey; but in making

locations by protraction, the surveyor may correct

by protraction to calls for corners or objects already

located on the plats either by actual survey or by

protraction, and the surveyor shall hereafter return

only three copies of the plats and certificates of

survey, and it shall not be necessary in said certifi-

cates to incorporate any tables of courses and dis-

tances, but said certificates shall contain only a

Brief expla-
nation.

brief explanation of the plats and of the tracts of

land and objects shown on the same, describing by

a letter or device the point on the plat where each

tract begins, and describing by color, number, &c.,

the lines on the plat which represent the boundaries

of each tract or parcel of land, and describing by

letter or device the manner and place where and in

which all other objects are represented on said plats ;

and it shall not be necessary to describe the location

of any tract or object more than once in each of said

certificates, although a greater number of title papers

may be offered in evidence containing its lines; but

each party shall file with the surveyor, to be returned

along with said certificate, a list of the deeds, patents

or other conveyances or title papers which he means

Briefly de-

to offer in evidence at the trial of the cause, briefly

scribe.

describing same by date, place of record or other

means of identification; and said surveyor shall

return said lists along with his certificates, and no

title paper shall be offered in evidence by either

party unless such list shall have been so delivered

by him to said surveyor, nor unless said paper shall

appear on said list; and if either party shall make

any surveys or locations which the court, in its dis-

cretion, shall think unnecessary, the party requiring

the same shall pay the cost thereof; and any party

to any cause hereafter tried may give in evidence

What consti-
tutes evidence

any patent, deed or other paper which would be

evidence in the cause, if it shall be located in whole,

or only such part thereof as may be necessary to