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with him to be recorded by transcribing and copying the same
in books suitable for such purpose, which books shall be made
of drawing paper of good quality, and shall be substantially
bound, with proper index or indexes; said clerk shall cause all
such plats left with him for record to be actually recorded in
said books by a person skilled in such work and shall preserve
the original of the same among the records of said office.

The expense of recording such plats shall be taxed by him
at the time the same are left for record, and shall be paid by the
party by whom said plats shall be left for record.

Section 151C. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel County is hereby authorized and directed to procure
suitable books made of drawing paper of good quality and sub-
stantially bound, not less than 36 inches in length by 24 inches
in width, and said clerk shall cause a full and complete index
or indexes to be made thereof, and shall file and preserve among
the records of his office all the original plats contained in said
plat books and tubes and said plat record books.

Section 151D. All plats recorded under the provisions of
this Act and all plats now in Plat Books in said clerk's office,
shall have the same effect and validity as if recorded among
the Land, Mortgage or Judicial Records of said clerk's office.

Section 151E. Certified copies of the plats recorded as here-
inbefore provided in this Act in said clerk's office, shall be re-
ceivable in evidence to the same effect as the original and certi-
fied copies of other records in said office.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the first day of June, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 212,

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 1 of
Chapter 88 of the Acts of 1920, and to add a new section
to said Act, to be known as Section 1A, to follow immedi-
ately after Section 1 of said Act, making it lawful to erect
and maintain certain blinds in the waters of the Chesapeake
Bay off the shores of Poplar Island and Coaches Neck, in
Talbot County.