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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

Appeals
and writs
of error
depending
in the late
court of
appeals or
general
court, trans-
ferred to
the present
court of
appeals—
executions
may issue,
&c.

of appeals, or in the general court, on an appeal or writ of error
from any court of this state, shall be and the same are hereby
transferred to the court of appeals established under the consti-
tution, as amended ; that is, all causes that are or were depend-
ing as aforesaid, in either of the courts, on an appeal or writ of
error from the chancery court, the general court for the western
shore, any county court or orphans court of said shore, shall be
and the same are hereby transferred to the court of appeals which
shall sit on the western shore ; and all causes depending, or that
were depending, in either of the courts aforesaid, at the time
aforesaid, on appeal or writ of error from the general court for
the eastern shore, or which were depending in said court on an
appeal or writ of error from any county or orphans court of that
shore, shall be and the same are hereby transferred to the court
of appeals which shall sit on the eastern shore ; and the said
causes, so as aforesaid transferred, shall stand, in the respective
courts to which they are transferred, in the same state as they
were in the court from which they are transferred, and shall be
heard, tried and determined, by the court of appeals, when sit-
ting on the western and eastern shores respectively, in the same
manner as they would have been tried by the courts aforesaid,
where they were depending, in case the said courts had not
been abolished ; and executions shall issue on the judgments
given in the said courts, as the late court of appeals and the late
general court might or could have done if the said courts had

Proviso.

not been abolished ; Provided nevertheless, that the court of ap-
peals to which said causes are transferred, may, in all such cases
as could not have been continued in the court from which they
are transferred, in their discretion, continue the same to one
court more than they could have been continued in the court
where they were depending as aforesaid.

Records on
appeals and
writs of
error to be
transmitted
to the
clerks of
the courts
of appeals
of the
respective
shores.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the late clerks of the late
court of appeals and general court respectively, and in case of
death, or refusal to act, of either of them, such person as the
governor and council shall appoint, shall forthwith transmit
from their respective offices, all transcripts and records on appeals
and writs of error depending in the said court on the thirtieth
day of November last, except appeals from the court of chancery,
and all transcripts and records of appeal and writs of error,
except as aforesaid, had and made returnable to either of the
said courts, during the existence thereof, to the clerks of the
court of appeals on the western or eastern shore respectively.

Appeals,
&c. to be
made re-
turnable to
the court of
appeals of

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That all appeals from the chancery
court, or from the county court of any county, and all writs of
error from the county courts, shall hereafter be had and made
returnable to the court of appeals for the respective shores, and