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such system of indexing with regard to the current volume
of work resulting from the usual course of business of
his office. For this purpose the said Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County is hereby authorized to
contract for the work of compiling said indexes, and for
the installation of such modern system of indexing, and
the verification of said indexes when made, and to pur-
chase all books, racks, shelves, and other equipment neces-
sary for the purpose, and from time to time thereafter
to purchase the necessary books, racks, shelves, and other
supplies and equipment to provide for the continuation of
such indexing of the records resulting from the current
volume of business of his office. The total cost of the work
of indexing said records as aforesaid, and the cost of the
necessary books, racks, shelves, supplies, and equipment
therefor, and the additions thereto made necessary from
time to time by the current business of his office, shall be
paid out of the excess fees of the office of the said Clerk
of the Court.

168B. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County is hereby authorized and directed to cause the
entries in the set of index books now installed in said
Clerk's office, relating to the land records of said County,
beginning with the year 1928, to be re-classified, and re-
indexed according to the system now installed, so as to
facilitate the examination of said indexes and the work
of making accurate entries therein. For this purpose the
said Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County is
hereby authorized to contract for the work of reclassifying
said indexes to said land records, and he is hereby author-
ized to purchase all books, racks, shelves, supplies and equip-
ment necessary to accomplish said purpose, and thereafter,
from time to time, to purchase the books and supplies and
equipment necessary to keep the said land record index
currently up to date. The total cost of such re-classifica-
tion of said land record indexes, and the cost of the neces-
sary books, racks, shelves, supplies and equipment there-
for, and the cost of the additional supplies and equipment
made necessary from time to time to keep said index cur-
rently up to date, shall be paid out of the excess fees of the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 11, 1939.