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ADJOURNMENT.

A majority of the house of delegates, or the senate, (with their speaker

or president,) required to constitute a house for the transacting any

business except adjourning — Const, art. 8, 20.

The senate and house of delegates may adjourn themselves respective-

ly, but if the two houses should not agree on the same time, but

adjourn to different days, the governor shall appoint and notify one

of those days, or some day between, and the assembly shall then

meet and be held accordingly — Const, art. 29.

But the governor shall not adjourn the assembly otherwise than as

aforesaid — Const, art. 29.

When the general court, court of appeals, any county court, orphans

court or levy court, shall not meet at the time prescribed by law,

or to which they stand adjourned, the registers or clerks of -the

said courts are empowered and required to adjourn their courts

from day to day, until a meeting can be had — 1795, ch. 55, .

320

The orphans courts directed to meet at the times therein stated, and

oftener if necessary, according to their own adjournment — 1798,

ch. 101, sub ch. 15, sec. 8, .......

411

One of the justices, in the absence of the others, may hold the court

at a stated time of adjournment, only for the purpose of adjourn-

ing— 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 15, sec. 8, .....

411

Any two of them may hold the court on any day not named in an ad-

journment, on the application of a person having pressing business,

provided notice is given to all, which notice shall be recorded by

the register — 1799, ch. 101, sub ch. 15, sec. 8, ....

412

One judge of the court of appeals may adjourn the court from time to

time, until a sufficient number of the judges shall attend for de-

termining the causes — 1799, ch. 89, sec. 4, .

428

The polls in the elections therein mentioned to be carried on without

interruption or adjournment, so that the whole shall be concluded

in one day — 1805, ch. 97, sec. 12, . . .

518

If any of the judges of elections are prevented from attending at the

time appointed for casting up the votes, &-c. those who assemble

may adjourn from day to day, until all the votes or ballots are

collected— 1805, ch. 97, sec. 17, ......

522

Commissioners to take evidence for the chancery court empowered to

adjourn for further interrogatories, &c. — 1785, ch. 72, sec. 14, .

216

See County Courts.

ADMINISTRATION.*

After probat of a will, letters testamentary to be granted to an execu-

tor, on his executing a bond — 1798, ch. 101, sub. ch. 3, sec. 1.

374

Manner of procuring them where there is property in another county

—1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 3, sec. 2, ......

374

*NOTE. — The laws relating to testamentary matters will be found under

'Orphans

Court,' arranged under appropriate subdivisions.