LAND OFFICE. 165

eral Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Land Office," sub-title
"Commissioner: His Powers and Duties," be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall have
power to appoint a clerk to complete the indexing of the Pre-
rogative Court Records, indexing the records of the Higher
Court of Chancery, and other such indexing, or copying in the
Land Office as may be necessary, and shall receive a salary of
one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum; and the sum of one
thousand dollars ($1,000), or as much thereof as may be neces-
sary, is hereby appropriated annually for said purpose. Said
clerk shall be under the control of the Commissioner of the
Land Office, and subject to removal at any time, as other
clerks in the Land Office.

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

Approved April 7, 1910.

CHAPTER 748.

AN ACT to repeal Section 28 of Article 54 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Land Office,"
sub-title "Commissioner—His Powers and Duties," and to
repeal Section 26 of Article 54 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Land Office," sub-title
"Commissioner—His Powers and Duties," and to re-enact
said Section 26 of said Article with amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
lan.d. That Section 28 of Article 54 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Land Office," sub-title
"Commissioner—His Powers and Duties," be and the same is
hereby repealed; and that Section 26 of Article 54 of the Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland of 1904, title "Land Of-
fice," sub-title "Commissioner—His Powers and Duties," be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows:

26. Any person may obtain a special warrant by applying to
the Commissioner of the Land Office, on paying the caution
money for one acre of land, and the sum of five dollars ($5.00)
.the cost of the warrant. And a special warrant shall also have
the same effect and application as a common warrant hereto-
fore had; and no common warrant shall hereafter be issued.
The application for a special warrant shall state in what elec-
tion district of the county or ward of Baltimore city the alleged
vacant land is situate, and a sufficient description of the lands
and lines bounding on the alleged vacant land; and before pro-
ceeding to the execution of the warrant, the surveyor shall give