LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1826.

693

CHAPTER 226.
A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act to aid conveyances of Land
improperly enrolled, and for other purposes.
See original act, ante page 192.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That so much of the seventh section of the act to which this is
a supplement, passed at November session, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, chapter
nine, as requires the clerks of the several county courts to keep
in their respective offices the record book in which shall here-
after be entered the substance of any deed for conveying of
lands, or other real estate, and all and every part of the said sec-
tion, which is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed.

Part of an
act repealed

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That every record book, (which
shall be about eighteen inches and one-quarter of an inch in
length, and eleven and a half inches in breadth, containing not
more than seven quires of paper, with the number marked on
each page,) in which the substance of any deed conveying
lands, or other real estate, shall hereafter be entered agreeably
to the provisions of the seventh section of the act to which this
is a supplement, and the seventh section of the act, entitled, an
additional supplement to an act to provide for the organization
and regulation of the courts of common law in this state, and
for the administration of justice therein, passed at November
session, in the year one thousand eight hundred and six,
chapter ninety, and not a copy of such record entry, shall, on
or before the first day of June in each and every year, be trans-
mitted by the clerk of the county court to the clerk of the court
of appeals of his shore, who shall receive such record book, and
place the same among the records of his office, without fee or
reward ; and a copy taken from any such record book, properly
attested by the clerk of the court of appeals, shall be admitted
in evidence in the manner prescribed by the seventh section of
the act to which this is a supplement.

Record
books to be
yearly
transmitted
to clerk of
court of
appeals.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That instead of entering the sub-
stance of any such deed in a record book, as required by the act
to which this is a supplement, the clerk of any county court, if
he thinks proper, may enter the substance of any such deed, on
good royal writing paper, such as is commonly used in record
books, each sheet measuring in length nineteen inches, and in
breadth twelve inches, with a margin in blank of about half an
inch at the sides, and on the top, and at the bottom of each
page, and transmit the same, on or before the first day of June
in each and every year, to the clerk of the court of appeals of
his shore, who shall receive, and carefully file the same among
the records of his office, without fee or reward ; and when he

Clerks may
use instead
of record
books, royal
writing pa-
per, &c.