1774 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1017

missioner of the Land Office shall keep accurate Memoranda of
said filing fee, in accordance with the provisions of Section 138
of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition).

72D. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall also collect
by photographic process, known as Micro film, all plats in any
of the Clerks Offices or any other department of city or county
where such plats would affect title to land, that have been
heretofore filed in said office before June 1, 1945, and shall also
furnish the said Clerks with a copy of such film. There shall
be a new Clerk appointed by the said Commissioner of the
Land Office to do or supervise this work who shall receive a
salary of $2, 000. 00 per annum, and the sum of f 6, 000. 00 shall
be included in the State Budget for the purchase of equipment,
supplies, and expenses for the preservation of the State's vital
records. Nothing in Section 72A, 72B, 72C, and 72D shall
apply to Harford, Montgomery, Prince George's, Dorchester
and Talbot Counties.

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

Approved May 4, 1945.

CHAPTER 1017.
(House Bill 264)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
329 of Article 3 of the Code of Public Local Laws 'of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Baltimore County", sub-title
"Health and Sanitation" (Metropolitan District), as the
. same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 681 of the
Acts of 1943; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 330 of said Article, as the same was repealed and re-
enacted by Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1937; to repeal an$
re-enact, with amendments, Sections 331, 332 and 334 of said
Article; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
335 of said Article, as the same was repealed and re-enacted
by Chapter 732 of the Acts of 1943, and to repeal Sections
348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359,
360, 361, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 374, 375, 376, and 377 of
said Article; said amendments providing generally for the
modernization, clarification and extension of the rights,
privileges, powers and duties of the County Commissioners