LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section thirteen "of Article twenty-six of the

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Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland,
entitled "Courts," sub-title ''Inspection of Records," be and the
same is hereby repealed, in so far as the same relates to Fred-
erick county, and re-enacted with amendments to apply to
Frederick county only, so as to read as follows :
13, It shall be the duty of the judges of the Circuit Court
for Frederick county at every term to inspect the records and

Repeal.

papers of the office attached to said court, relating to lands,
tenements or other real estate, and examine the condition
thereof and see whether the clerk of such court has performed
the duties required of him by law, relating to the recording of
judgments, decrees, executions and. proceedings, and whether

he has entered and transcribed the docket entries as required
by law. And if it should appear on such examination that any of
the records have become so dilapidated and worn as to require
them to be transcribed, they shall order and direct the clerk
to transcribe the same into new record books, which the clerk
shall procure for that purpose ; and such new records when so
transcribed, shall be carefully examined and certified by said
clerk, and when so examined and certified shall be substituted
for and become the records of said court in lieu of the worn
out records. And the County Commissioners for Frederick
county shall annually levy by estimate in advance, a sum of
money sufficient to provide a fair compensation for the labor
of the clerk in making such new records ; and shall pay to
said clerk at the end of each calendar month, such sum of
money as may be found due to said clerk for services rendered
tinder the provisions of this section.

Duty of
judges.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 7, 1898.

CHAPTER 224.
AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money therein mentioned,
to pay the claim of the Legion Permanent Building Asso-
ciation of Baltimore City, a body corporate incorporated
under the laws of Maryland, for a payment of a bonus upon
the capital stock for the use of the State of Maryland, as
provided for by Chapter 536 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the Session of 1890.
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Effective.