A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

ant be a non-resident, the court may order, notice
of the object and substance of the caveats, to be
given to him, her or them, by publication , or
otherwise, as it may deem necessary, and on such
notice being given, may proceed to hear and de-
termine the cause.

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Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That the
Clerk of the said court shall be bound to perform
all the duties and services hereinbefore expressly
or impliedly imposed upon him, and shall have
the same fees therefor as he is now entitled to by
law for similar services.

Clerk bound
to perform du-
ties.

Sec. 20. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.

CHAPTER 146.

AN ACT to provide for the completion of the
restoration of the Records and Papers destroyed
or injured by fire in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county.

Passed March
20, 1865.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Oliver C, Warfield, be, and
he is hereby appointed Commissioner of records, for
the purpose of restoring and re-establishing such
of the records and papers, dockets and indexes,
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Baltimore county, as have been either wholly or
partially destroyed by fire ; who before he enters
upon the duties required and authorized by this
act, shall take and subscribe the following oath
or affirmation, before some Judge of a court of
record in said county, which oath or affirmation
certified by the said Judge, shall be recorded
among the proceedings of the said Commissioners;
"I ———— do make oath upon the holy Evangely
of Almighty God (or affirm as the case may be)
that I will well and truly, execute and perform
the duties prescribed and required to be performed
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Commissioner
appointed.