INDEX.

1861.

CHAP.

SEC.

LANDLORDS AND TENANTS— One Justice

of the Peace in Baltimore city to

have all the powers conferred upon

two Justices of the Peace and a ju-

ry by general law, in relation to

landlords and tenats, subject to ap-

peal as in other cases of judgments

cy Justices of the Peace in said city,

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LAND OFFICE— The 17th, 19th, 26th, 27th and

29th sections of article 54 of the code

of Public General Laws repealed,

and the following enacted as a sub-

stitute therefor,

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Any person desiring to take up va-

cant lands which have escheated

shall obtain a warrant from the

Commissioner of Land Office direct-

ed to the surveyor of the county

where the land lies, requiring him

to survey the same, . and return a

certificate of survey to the Land Of-

fice within one year from the date

of the warrant, and such warrant

may be in the form heretofore used

in the Land Office, and may be eith-

er a common warrant, a special war-

rant, a warrant of re-survey, a pro-

clamation warrant or an escheat war-

rant, whichever may be suited to

the case of the parties applying for

the same,

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Any person may obtain a common

warrant, special warrant or procla-

mation warrant by applying to the

Commissioner of the Land Office,.

and paying him (unless the land Mes-
in Allegany or Washington counties)
the sum of twenty-five cents per acre

for each acre mentioned in such war-

rant, and if the land lies in Allegany

county, the sum of ten cents per acre',

and if the land lies in Washington

eounty the sum of twelve and a half

cents per acre,

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