FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

trustee or trustees, in such case or cases, to execute and deliver
a deed to such purchaser or purchasers, conveying the title to
such real estate, which said real estate shall be described in the
said order; thereupon such trustee or trustees shall execute
and deliver a deed as directed, and the said deed, or a duly
certified copy thereof, together with the said order of the
court, shall be evidence of the title of such purchaser or pur-
chasers, with the same legal force and effect as if the original
papers in such case or cases had not been destroyed by fire, and
were offered in evidence.

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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases afore-
said, in which the auditors' reports have been destroyed by
fire, the Circuit Court aforesaid is hereby authorized to refer
the said case or cases to the auditor of said court, who shall
make a duplicate or duplicates of said audit or audits, as near
as may be, from all the evidence he can obtain, which dupli-
cate or duplicates, when finally ratified by the said court, shall
be conclusive upon all the parties interested therein.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all such orders of

Duplicates of
auditors'
reports.

Court, reports of sales, auditors' reports and other papers, in
such case or cases, shall be filed and recorded, the same as if
such papers were original papers.

Papers to be
filed.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not
apply to any contested case where the said court has not passed
any decree or final order relating to the subject under investi-
gation.

Not to apply
to contested
cases.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6th, 1894.

Effective,