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Orphans
court and
register of
wills.
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to hold the court, on any day not named in an adjournment, on
the application of any person having pressing business in the
said court, provided notice thereof be given to all, and in such
case the register shall record, that such notice hath been given.
SEC. 9. The register of wills in each county, already or
hereafter to be appointed agreeably to the constitution, shall
diligently attend each meeting of the orphans court in his
county, and under their direction make full and fair entries of
their proceedings, and shall also make a fair record, in a strong
bound book or books, of all wills proved before him, or the said
court, or authenticated according to this act, and of all other
matters by law directed to be recorded in the said court, or in
his office ; he shall make out and issue every summons, process
or order of the court, and shall, in every respect, act under their
control and direction, as the clerk of a court of law is under the
direction of the said court of law ; and he shall give out, and
certify under the seal of the court, any copy of any part of the
proceedings in the court, or in his office, which any person may
demand ; and he shall be entitled to a reward for any service
by him done, according to the table of fees now or hereafter to
be settled by law.
SEC. 10. The said register of wills shall attend on every
Tuesday and Saturday at the town or place where the orphans
court is held, unless prevented by sickness, accident or neces-
sity, for the dispatch of office business ; he shall lodge every
original paper and record by him made up in some repository
of the court-house of the county, or in such other place of
safety which the said court may appoint ; the levy court of the
qounty shall provide and keep in repair the said repository at
the county's charge,
SEC. 11. Every person hereafter appointed register of wills,
before he acts as such, shall, before the said court, or some
judge or justice, qualify, by repeating and subscribing the
declaration aforesaid, and taking, repeating and subscribing, the
aforesaid oaths of allegiance and fidelity, and by taking, repeat-
ing and subscribing, the following oath of office : 'I, A. B. do
swear, (or solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm,) that I will dili-
gently, honestly and faithfully, execute the office of register of
wills in —— county, according to the best of my skill and
judgment ; so help me God.'
SEC. 12. The orphans court in each county shall keep a seal
for the said court, and for the office of register of wills ; and
each orphans court that hath not already a seal, shall provide
the same at the expense of the county, and the said seal shall
be fixed to all certificates of the court, or of the register, and to
every process and writ of every kind issued from the court.
The orphans court shall have full power, authority and juris-
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