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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmd0216 and id is 1 raw text is: E. LOUIS LOW,,: HSU UIRB;11GOYERNOR. .,1852.
Cn APrrln 316.' : bU;p.316.
AN AC! to iut/orise appointm Iet of d Coi. Pased My
p I el1.5 - , 1 27, 1852..
'issiConer to ta/cc testitolly to Provida for tile re-
fLcording of copies of wills and other ppers, of which
'Ike. origiils were lost by the burning of th Court
'h1ouse ini Dorchester County, and to rrmedy as far
(s practicable the evils likely to Iensue front the de.
stet clioln of the records of 'saul County.
WiiIuli.. Es, I1 (le i'cent desirlictioll of lhU 'Cotilt 'rt'ninblc
hlouse of )orchester comlily by fire, til tie recordsof
Ole offices of the Register of wills, tid the county coin.
,nissioiiers of said cotnly, were ijirnt iid' inany of le
records of lie clerks office of said counly wcre either
Iur, nt or lost, and it becoeis i)ecessary Ihat these re-
1uO'ds and various originl pinpe, wills, deeds, bond ,
aiid so forth,, 111u1s destroyld o lust, should be esiablish-
mil by proper cidence and #t lhoity, 'al it is lppre-
lieIied that fro11 theo Utllfo (InIRIo ocCurrence serious
Ind ex ensiVe Cvii Iaty enHsule unless prevetnled by
timely legish tion ; 'I ierclbre,
StctioN I. lie it enacted by the Cereral Asseymbly Comiuiidiojc,,
] illury/and, 'l'lat a comnissiuner shall bL. appo, lted to be appoiit-
'in and lor lc said county or I)orclester, to take tntil, ' cd to iakc aiui
ccive tcsiinony, to establish Oie eaid ,cols, original rot.
Impers, wills, ileeds, bonds, accouttis, Iretns and tll
other I)us)ers so lost or 'dest royed, ppetrtainingto tie
ofliceu of he register of wilIs, cotiuy coinmissioueris tid
clerk of said. cOilly aid to esialbliti Io saijie, accord-
ing to tlepinovisious of this act, and to perforw such
other duties its ire I here ii prescribed, aud 6lall liive
fill 1)owr and auiodriiy to adthniisler wails whenevr
neceslnly ii ,ll matter.+ before him.
81-. '2. -Iid be 'it eacted, Thm it all be h Duty of' r-
iluiy of (Ile iwegisler of wills of ttaitl county of Dor. gihlerof 'ilk.
iltstllr, and Ieo is hereby reiluited to cause iotice to be
givet, by adveitisenctut ill, I Iillewis imblished in said
coulty, anid onie iaper Iublished in Ihe city of lahii.
mor, alnd by adtverlisentent VOL tip (it, one or more of
i11C e i01 st p li IC i nes ii- ,ae deidiol dlislriet Ofr sail
coulnty, to all persons to whoili letters latillitllatry and
of iiittdi isltatio ball have bt+eti granietl in a itd coun-
ty, ill all cases where estates ard not1 fnally settled, Iaidi
all guardians und maslers iii sai ot lily, to file willh
oaid comomissioner within ithrte toilis f'oin dc date w'
+ ttit atlisnellntl, a full till coi pl ht acctmit ant rc-
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