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 1276 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. M,}i"°"”°>’¥ d°p“‘*' ‘° Sec. 550. VACANCY.—ID case of a vacancy in the office of the recorder _ by death, resignation, or other cause the deputy recorder shall act _f,’g"‘”jg;,,,,0m, €X_ until a recorder shall be duly appointed and qualiBed: Pro/vided, That pense- no additional expense shall be incurred by the District for said deputy _ and no other fees shall be allowed than are now rovided by law. c0$gQ""""‘*°“ ’°‘ Sec. 551. TYPEWRITTEN REcoR1>s·.—The record)er of deeds is authorized and empowered to purchase and use in his office, for the recording of deeds and other instruments of writing required by law to be recorded in said office, ty ewriting machines, to be aid for as appropriations may be made gpm time to time; and ali) deeds and other instruments of writing entitled by law to be recorded in said office which shall be recorded by typewriting machines are hereby declared to be legally recorded. Fees- Sec. 552. FEES.—The legal fees for the services of the recorder shall be as follows, namely: For Bling, recording, and indexing, or for making certiBed copy of any instrument containing two hundred words or less, Bfty cents, and fifteen cents for each additional hundred words, to be collected at the time ofjiling and when the copy is made. For each certiBcate and seal, twenty-five cents. For searching records extending back two years or less next receding current date, twenty-Bve cents, and Bve cents for each additional year, to be paid by the party for whom the search may be made. For recording a town plat, three cents for each lot such plat may contain. For recording a plat or survey, Bve cents for each course such survey may contain. For Bling and indexing any paper required by law to be Bled in his office, Bfteen cents. - For taking any acknowledgment, Bfty cents. Salary- Sec. 553. SALARY; SURPLUS TO BE PAID INT0 THE TREAsURY.— The recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia shall not retain of the fees and emoluments of his office for his personal compensation over and above his necessary clerk hire and the incidental expenses of his office, certiBed to by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, or by one of its justices appointed by it for that purpose, and to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officer of the Treasury, a sum exceeding four thousand dollars a year or exceeding that rate i §A;¤§>11¤¤T;<> be paid for any time less than a year; and the surplus of such fees and emolu- ° Q emu` ments shall be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the District of grmgev- Columbia: Provided, That the number of clerks and others employed 5 M S` in the oiBce of the recorder of deeds shall not be increased, except that additional copyists may be employed for temporary service as the necessities of the office may require, nor shall the salary or compensation of clerks and others be increased beyond the salaries or compensation paid during the Bscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one; S‘1“"’ °fd"*’“"'· and the salary of the deputy recorder of deeds shall be two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, to be aid out of the fees and emolu- _ ments of said office of recorder of deed;. b€L}§r{,’,§S,§;‘},“S§§**c(§§ Sec. 554. LIST or TRANSFERS TO BE EURN1sHE1> TO COLLECTOR or ieewr Of taxes- TAxEs.—The recorder of deeds shall furnish to the collector of taxes, on or about the first Monday in January and July of each year, correct lists of the transfers of real property in the District during the preceding half year, so far as can be ascertained by the records in his office, but shall not be entitled to any compensation for such service. ec{,‘§,§,"“(§}°”*,;*c{g$,§,$,’§j Sec. 555. INSTRUMENTS Nor ExEcUTE1> OR AcxNowLE1>cE1> ACCORD- {=;1`sednO»€¤g%rdig¤,§ I2 mc. TO LAW NQT TO BE RECORDED.—Tl1€ recorder shall not accept for coined. record or record any instrument which shall not be executed and acknowledged agreeably to law by the person or party therein granting