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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

C HAP. 516.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.

CHAPTER 516.
AN ACT to add an additional Section to Article seventeen,
Section fifty-one of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Clerks of Court," to be known as Section fifty-one A.

New section
added.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That an additional section be added to Article
seventeen, section fifty-one, of the Code of Public General
Laws, title "Clerks of Court," to be known as section fifty-
one A, to read as follows :

Bonds to
be recorded.

51 A. The clerks of the several law and equity Courts of
the several counties and of Baltimore city shall forthwith,
under their receipt or filing, record all bonds of every nature
and kind, filed in tlpeir respective Courts or given or taken in
any proceedings or cause whatsoever at law or in equity, in a
well-bound book or books provided by said clerks for that
purpose, and none other; which book or books shall contain an
alphabetical index in the names of all the parties to such bonds ;
and, until such bonds are actually recorded, they shall remain
in the custody of said clerks, and said clerks shall endorse on
said bonds when and where the same are recorded and shall be
entitled to charge for their recording and indexing, similar
fees to those charged for recording and indexing chattel mort-
gages by said clerks ; and the copy of the record of any such
bonds, certified by the clerk of the Court where the same is
recorded, under the seal of his office, shall be prima facie
evidence in any Court of this State to prove such bond and
the execution and delivery thereof.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1902.