HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1325

mission, copies may be made and certified under the seal
of the Commission upon application of any person, which cer-
tification shall have the same force and effect as if made by
the officer originally in charge of same, and the Commission
shall charge for such copies the same fees as such officer is
allowed by law to charge, which fees shall be accounted for
and paid into the State Treasury.

Whenever any land records of any court have been turned
over to the Commission and deposited with it for preservation
and so accepted by it, the Commission is hereby authorized and
directed upon the written application of the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for any county or the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Baltimore City and with the written approval of a Judge of
said Court, to make photostatic or photographic reproductions
of such land records, the expense thereof to be borne by the
Commission; and such photostatic or photographic reproduc-
tions, when so made and certified under the seal of the Commis-
sion, shall be deposited by the Commission in the office of the
clerk of the court making said application and said reproduced
land records when so deposited shall be entitled to the same
legal force and effect as the original land records from which
such reproductions were made.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved April 27, 1945.

CHAPTER 897.
(House Bill 618)

AN ACT to add a new sub-section to Section 6 of Article 4 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1938 Edition),
title ''Baltimore City", said new sub-section to be known as
Sub-section 29A, title Veterans", and to follow immediately
after Sub-section 29, title ''Theatrical and Other Public
Amusements", to authorize the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore to provide by ordinance certain preferences for
honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the
United States, upon the recommendation of the City Service
Commission of Baltimore City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new sub-section be and it is hereby added to
Section 6 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1938 Edition), title "Baltimore City", said new