HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1886.

Effective.

CHAPTER 284.

AN ACT to provide for indexing the Land Rec-
ords of Caroline county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Caroline county be and he is
hereby authorized to cause a general index to
the land records in his office from the year

eighteen hundred and fifty one, to be made
under the system known as the " Campbell
System," and shall be entitled to receive there-
for the sum of five cents for each name in
which said indexes are made, to be paid for
by the County Commissioners for Caroline
county; provided, he shall do the entire in-
dexing at a cost not to exceed fifteen hundred
dollars.

General In-
dex .

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the County
Commissioners for Caroline county are hereby
authorized and directed to levy on the assess-
able property of said county such sums as may
be necessary to pay for the work prescribed
above; provided, they shall first ascertain that
the indexing has been done.

Authorized to
levy.

SEC. 3. Andbe it enacted, That from and after
the passage of this act, the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Caroline county shall be entitled to
demand and receive from any person or per-
sons, or body corporate, depositing in his office

for record any deed or writing relating to the
conveyance or transfer of real estate, the sum
of five cents for such deed or writing, for the
purpose of continuing said general index.

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