EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1511

fair and reasonable compensation as may be mutually agreed
upon between him and the Board of County Commissioners
of Harford County, not, however, exceeding the sum of $75.

444. The County Commissioners of said county be and
they axe hereby authorized and directed to buy and pay to
said Hugh T. Bay, register of wills, the sum of money, as
above provided, the same to be included in the levy of 1906.

445. John Archer, Alfred H. Wilson and Henry A. Whit-
aker be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, and
they or a majority of them are authorized and empowered by
virtue of this Act to contract for and superintend the furnish-
ing of the office of the Register of Wills of Harford County
with steel furnishings, including files, book cases and other
necessary equipment, of an approved system and make now in
use, of which system and make said Commissioners shall de-
termine.

446. That said Commissioners shall inquire into and put
into operation and effect a proper system of filing and classify-
ing all papers in said office and shall set apart such unrecorded
papers now in said office, which involve or concern real estate,
real estate holdings or the titles thereto, and have them prop-
erly recorded and indexed by the Register of Wills of Har-
ford County at the usual rate charged for such work in said
office; not including, however, papers filed in proceedings, now
and hereafter, depending in said Court, the recording and in-
dexing of which shall be paid by the parties to the proceedings
as now required by law.

447. The County Commissioners of Harford County be
and they are hereby authorized and required to levy upon the
assessable property of said County as other County charges
are levied, a sum or sums not exceeding $2, 400, sufficient to
pay for said files, cases, equipment and fixtures and for said
recording, indexing, filing and classification, unless the re-
ceipts of said register's office from fees for services rendered
therein shall prove sufficient to pay for said steel furnishings,
recording and indexing, after all the office expenses and sala-
ries of said register and his deputies shall be paid, when said
furnishings, recording and indexing shall be paid out of the
fees, if any, so remaining.

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448. The county commissioners are authorized, in their
discretion, to re-survey and mark and bound the public roads