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Oath.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

mission. "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 re-
quired to be performed by me as a Commissioner,
under the act entitled, 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
Circuit Court for Baltimore county, so help me
God."

Clerk— his
duties.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners, shall have power to appoint a clerk,
who shall, under their direction, keep an accurate
and detailed record of their proceedings, which
record shall upon the close of the commission, be
certified by the said Commissioners, under their
hands and seals, and be by them delivered to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county,
to be by him kept and preserved as all other re-
cords in his office, and the said clerk, hereby au-
thorized to be appointed, shall perform generally
such other duties connected with the business of
said commission, as the said Commissioners may
from time to time prescribe, and before he enters
upon the duties of his office, shall take and sub-
scribe an oath or affirmation, well and truly to
perform the duties of his office, which oath or
affirmation may be administered by any one of the
said Commissioners, and certified by him, and re-
corded in the proceedings of the said commission.

Commission-
ers may com-
pel attendance
of witnesses.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That said Commis-
.sioners 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 parties interested or by the
county, as the said Commissioners may prescribe.

Abstract of
powers confer-
red on Com-
missioners re-
quired to be
published.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted. That the said Com-
missioners, shall cause public notice to be given in
each of the newspapers published in Baltimore
county, at least once a week for four weeks, and in
one or more of the daily newspapers published in
the city of Baltimore, at least once a week for