A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Balti-
more county, as have been' either wholly or par-
tially 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 Commissioner: 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 pre-
scribed and required to be performed by me as a
Commissioner under the act entitled an act to pro-
vide for the restoration of the record and papers
destroyed or injured by fire in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county,
so help me God.

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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioner shall have power to appoint a Clerk, who
shall, under, his direction, keep an accurate and
detailed record of his proceedings, which record
shall, upon the close of the Commissioner, be cer-
tified by the said Commissioner under his hand
and seal, and be by him delivered to the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, to be by
him kept and preserved as all other records in his
office, and the said Clerk, hereby authorized to be
appointed, shall perform generally such other
duties connected with the business of said commis-
sion as the said Commissioner may from time to
time prescribe, and before he enters upon the
duties of his office, shall take and prescribe ao oath
or affirmation well and truly to perform the duties
of his office, which oath or affirmation may be ad-
ministered by the [the] said Commissioner and
certified by, him, and recorded in the proceedings
of the said Commissioner.

Record of
proceedings to
be kept.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That said Commis-
sioner shall have and exercise all the powers which
are now possessed by the Judges of the Circuit
Courts of the several counties of the State, to issue
and compel process for the attendance of witnesses,
and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of said county
to serve such process, for which service he shall be
entitled to receive the same fees as are now allowed
by law for like services, to be paid either by the

Power of
Commissioner.