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LAWS OP MARYLAND.— 1792.

court, or by any single magistrate, in this state, at any time
within two months from the time of the rendition of such judg-
ment or decree, any thing in the said act to which this is a
supplement to the contrary notwithstanding, provided such
judgment or decree shall not have been superseded agreeably
to the directions of the said act.

And shall
be endorsed
&c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the clerk or register of the
court out of which any execution shall issue, shall endorse on
such execution the day on which the judgment or decree, on
which such execution shall issue, shall have been rendered,
but the omission of such endorsement shall be no cause to set
aside such execution ; and the judge, justice or justices, before
whom any supersedeas shall be taken, shall give a certificate
thereof, expressing the names of the plaintiff and defendants,
the court in which, and the sum for which the judgment or
decree was rendered, and the time of entering into the super-
sedeas, and if it shall appear that such supersedeas was not
entered into within two months from the time of the rendition
of the judgment or decree, no execution shall be stayed
thereby.

CHAPTER 76.

AN ACT for establishing and securing the Salary of the Chancellor.
A supplement, 1820, ch. 204.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the declaration of rights directs that a salary be
secured to the chancellor during the continuance of his com-
mission ; and the nature of his office, as well as the provisions
of law, require the residence of the chancellor at the seat of
government ;
SEC. 2. See 1785. ch. 27, and the note thereto, ante page 195,
An addition was made by 1797, ch. 71, to the salary of the chancellor as
such, and as judge of the land office, of £175; and by 1798, ch. 80, the
chancellor is entitled to receive, for all duties prescribed, or to be prescribed
by law, an annual salary of £1,275 ; both of these acts were to continue till
the 20th October, 1800, &c.

Persons to
pay for
services
done, &c.

SEC. 3. And, to secure the punctual payment of said salary,
Be it enacted, That all persons who may have services done in
the court of chancery, or land office of the western shore, or
who may have the great seal affixed to any patent, grant, com-
mission, or other paper, for their benefit, shall pay according to
the following table, as in current money, and no more, any law
to the contrary notwithstanding : Filing every original bill or
petition in chancery, one dollar ; filing every petition relative to
a cause or matter depending in the court of chancery, or land
office, half a dollar; filing every bill of revivor, half a dollar ;
filing every answer, for each defendant, unless in the case of
joint heirs, executors, administrators or trustees, half a dollar ;