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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 137.

Passed Feb.
19, 1864.

AN ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-
five of the thirty-eighth Article of the Code of
Public General Laws, entitled " Fees of offi-
cers," and relating to the fees of Notaries Public.

Amended and
re-enacted.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section twenty-five of Article
thirty-eight of the Code of Public General Laws
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Relating to
Notaries.

25. The three last precediag sections shall not
apply to Notaries in any of the counties, unless
the fees on protests in any one year shall exceed
the sum of three hundred dollars, nor to Notaries
in the city of Baltimore unless the fees on protests
in any one year shall exceed the sum of five hun-
dred dollars; and whenever the fees as aforesaid
shall exceed, in any of the counties, the sum. of
three hundred dollars, or shall exceed in the city
of Baltimore the sum of five hundred dollars, one
half of the surplus shall be paid to the Treasurer
of the State.

In force.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.

CHAPTER 138.

Passed Feb.
3, 1864.

AN ACT to provide for the restoration of the
records and papers destroyed or injured by fire
in the office of the Clerk of the Court Court of
Baltimore county.

Commission-
er of Records
appointed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland , That James 1. Given be and is hereby
appointed Commissioner of Records, for the pur-
pose of restoring and re-establishing such of the
records and indexes and papers and dockets, in the