WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 492

THEREIN. SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
COMMERCIAL WATERMEN'S ASSOCIATION(S) OF CHARLES COUNTY, BUT
UPON THE FAILURE OF SUCH ASSOCIATION(S) TO CONSTITUTE SUCH A
COMMITTEE, AFTER REASONABLE NOTICE, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS MAY, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THEIR
UNEXPIRED TERM OF OFFICE, NAME SUCH COMMITTEE, TO BE
COMPOSED OF NOT FEWER THAN THREE (3) WATERMEN HAVING THE
QUALIFICATIONS HEREIN SET FORTH.

CHAPTER 77
LAND RECORDS

77-1. DEEDS TO BE INDEXED; COMPENSATION.

IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
THE COUNTY TO INDEX, IN A WELL-BOUND BOOK SUITABLE FOR THE
PURPOSE, AFTER THE METHOD KNOWN AS THE "CAMPBELL SYSTEM,"
ALL DEEDS DEPOSITED IN HIS OFFICE FOR RECORD, FOR WHICH
SERVICE HE SHALL BE ALLOWED THE SAME COMPENSATION AS IS NOW
ALLOWED BY THE CODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS FOR MAKING
ALPHABETS AND LISTS OF TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY, SAID FEE OR
COMPENSATION TO BE PAID BY THE GRANTEE IN THE DEED.

77-2. PLAT RECORDS.

A. USE OF PLAT BOOKS AUTHORIZED. THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT FOR CHARLES COUNTY SHALL PROVIDE FOR SUITABLE BOOKS,
TO BE DESIGNATED AS PLAT BOOK NO. ____, ETC., IN WHICH PLATS
TENDERED FOR RECORD SHALL BE RECORDED.

B. PLATS CONSIDERED PART OF LAND RECORDS. SAID PLATS,
WHEN FILED FOR RECORD IN SAID COUNTY, SHALL CONSTITUTE A PART
OF THE LAND RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY AND SHALL HAVE THE SAME
FORCE AND EFFECT AS TO NOTICE AS IS NOW GIVEN THE PROPERLY
RECORDED DEEDS.

C. REMOVAL OF PREVIOUSLY RECORDED PLATS TO NEW PLAT
BOOKS AUTHORIZED. THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CHARLES
COUNTY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO REMOVE FROM THE LAND
RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY SUCH PLATS AS HAVE BEEN HERETOFORE
FILED FOR RECORD AMONG SAID LAND RECORDS AND TO RECORD THE
SAME IN THE NEW PLAT BOOKS HEREIN PROVIDED FOR, PROVIDED
THAT IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH PLATS ARE REMOVED FROM THE LAND
RECORDS IN WHICH THEY HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN RECORDED BY THE
CLERK OF SAID COURT, THEN AND IN SUCH EVENT THE CLERK SHALL
MAKE SUCH A NOTATION IN THE LAND RECORD AND INDEX THERETO
FROM WHICH THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN REMOVED, RESPECTIVELY,
AS WILL BE NOTICE TO ANYONE SEARCHING SAID LAND RECORDS OF
THE TRANSFER OF SAID PLATS TO THE PLAT BOOKS HEREIN PROVIDED
FOR BY RECORDING IN THE PLACE IN THE LAND RECORD FROM WHICH

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