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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1814.

County
courts to
appoint
auditors.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the several county courts of
this state shall have full power and authority to appoint, during
their pleasure, a person of integrity, judgment, and skill in ac-
counts, to be auditor for the said court, who shall, before he
enters upon the duties of his appointment, take an oath to be
administered by the court, well and faithfully to execute the
duties of his office, without affection, favour, partiality or pre-
judice ; and he shall audit all accounts in the same manner,
and with the same powers, and subject to the same control, as
the auditor in chancery now does ; and the auditor so to be ap-
pointed shall be allowed three dollars per day for every day he
shall be reasonably employed in stating, auditing and settling
any account, to be paid by the party desiring such account to
be stated, audited and settled, and taxed in the bill of costs as
aforesaid.

Persons
thinking
themselves
aggrieved,
at liberty to
appeal from
decree of
county
court.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all and every person or
persons who shall or may think themselves aggrieved by the
decree of any county court, in any case of which such county
court may have an equity jurisdiction by virtue of this act, or
of the original act to which this is a supplement, shall be at
liberty in all cases to appeal to the court of appeals of the
respective shore, in the same manner, and under the same cir-
cumstances, and such appeals shall have the same legal effect
and consequences as appeals prosecuted from the court of chan-
cery to the court of appeals now have.

Clerks may
act as
registers —
process, by
whom to be
returned.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That the clerks of the several
county courts in this state shall act as registers for their several
counties, in the same manner, and with the same powers, as the
register in chancery now does ; and the sheriffs or coroners of
the several counties shall execute and return all process, which
may issue from any court or judge by virtue of this act, in the
like manner as they would have been compelled in case the
same had issued from the court of chancery.

Judges not
to interfere
in any
cause now
pending,
&c.

SEC* 7. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to authorize and empower any interference
by the several county courts, or by the judges thereof, in any
cause or process now depending, or hereafter to be brought, or
hereafter to be issued, before or by the chancellor of Maryland,
or |o change the manner of issuing writs of error.
SEO. 8. Merged in 1826, ch. 247.
Made permanent by 1815, ch. 163.

CHAPTER 103.

AN ACT relating to British Confiscated Property within this State,
Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all the powers and authority vested in the governor and