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ministration or executor when he is in default; the Court
cannot exercise any jurisdiction not expressly conferred ;
the Court can enforce its decrees by attachment and se-
questration ; it has jurisdiction over the real estate of
testators and intestates; it must fix the commission of
executors; the Court has jurisdiction over apprentices,
sureties of executors and guardians; appeals allowed
from all decisions of the Orphans' Court. (Articles 93,
6, 81, 90, and 5 of the Code.)
Penitentiary. Directors of.—Appointed by the Gover-
nor; six in all; two appointed biennially; term six
years; appointments by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate ; the board of directors appoint the wardens
and other State officers, and have control of the affairs
and management of the State Penitentiary; salary of
warden, $2,000 ; per diem of directors, $2 every day they
have necessarily to attend to the business of the board;
bond of warden $10,000; other officers,guards and super-
intendents to bond to such an amount as the directors
may fix upon. (Articles 27, 6 and 41 of the Code.)
The bonds of these several officers are to be approved
by the board of directors, and shall be filed in Executive
Department of the State. (Article 27, section 395, Code.)
Police Commissioners of Baltimore City.—Have power
to organize and control police force, and are required to
submit annual estimate of expenses of police department
to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore city. The
Board consists of three members, elected at the joint
meeting of the General Assembly by ballot; term six
years ; bond $10,000 each, to be approved by the Judge
of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, and to be re-
corded by clerk of said court. Salary, $2,500 each. Hold
office until successors are elected, appointed and qualified ;
as their term of office expires, their successors are to be
elected. No special time set for the election; only to be
filled as the term expires. (Acts of 1874, chapter 2, volume
I, P. L. L., page 510.)
Presidential electors.—Electors for President and Vice-
President shall be elected on the first Tuesday next after
the first Monday of November, preceding the time fixed
by law of the United States for the choice of President
and Vice President of the United States. The board of
electors may fill vacancies in their number. The electors
for the State shall meet in the State House in the city of
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