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folio of the Land Records where said plat was originally re-
corded. And all references in conveyances of land or any other
legal proceeding to said plat by the place of its original record,
shall be held to apply and refer to the copy of said plat made
and recorded in Plat Books as herein provided.

406-B. That the said Clerk shall employ a competent sur-
veyor or draftsman who shall, under the direction of said Clerk,
make the copies of plats hereby required and where necessary
so reduce the scale of such plats as to conform to the require-
ments herein contained, and where such scale is so reduced the
draftsman making the same shall note on said copies the scale
upon which the original plat was drawn. The compensation of
the person so employed to be fixed by said Clerk and approved
by one of the Judges of the Circuit Court for said County.

406-C. That the County Commissioners of said County shall
levy for and pay to the person who may as aforesaid be selected
to make copies of such plats such sums of money as may be
shown to be due him by the certificate of the Clerk approved
by the Judges as aforesaid.

406-D. That before said copies shall be substituted for the
original plats as herein provided, there shall be endorsed upon
each copy a certificate of the County Surveyor that it is a true
and accurate copy of the original plat of which it purports to
be a copy, for each of which endorsements said County Surveyor
shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar to be paid by the County
Commissioners, as other fees are paid him for public work.

406-E. That the Clerk of said Court be entitled to charge
and receive such compensation for the services hereby required
of him as shall be allowed by any one of the Judges of the Cir-
cuit Court for said County, the sum so allowed to be added to
and form a part of the Clerk's annual account against the
County and shall be paid by the County Commissioners as other
fees and charges due said Clerk are paid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 17th, 1914.

CHAPTER 93.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 254 of
Article 11 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
''Frederick County," sub-title "Frederick," as the same was