LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1817.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said judge of the orphans
court in the execution of this act, .shall have and exercise all
the powers which are had and exercised by any judge of a
county court under the original act, and the several supplements
thereto.

Who are
vested with
same power
as judges of
county
courts.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all proceedings to be had by
any judge of the orphans court under this act, shall be by him
lodged with the clerk of the county court, within thirty days
thereafter, and the judges of the court shall proceed thereon
according to the provisions of the original act, and the several
supplements thereto.

Proceedings
to be lodged
with clerk.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the act of assembly, enti-
tled, an act for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed in the

Repeal.

year seventeen hundred and seventy-four,* be and the same is
hereby repealed.

*Ch. 28.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said judge of the orphans
court shall be entitled to the sum of one dollar as a compensa-

Compensa-
tion.

tion for his trouble, to be paid by the said debtor.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained
shall be held to repeal, alter or change, an act, t entitled, an act
relating to insolvent debtors in the city and county of Baltimore.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That in all cases where applica-

Not to re-
peal an act
relating to
debtors in
Baltimore.
t 1816, ch.
221.

tion hath been or shall hereafter be made to any judge of the
county or orphans court, for the benefit of the act to which this
is a supplement, the petition shall not be dismissed by the
county court before the time appointed for the hearing of such
application by the judge to whom the same hath been or shall
be made.

CHAPTER 198.
AN ACT to continue in force the Acts of Assembly which would expire
with the present session.

Applica-
tions not be
dismissed.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
all such acts, and parts of acts of assembly, as would expire
with the present session, except an act, entitled, an act for the
temporary relief of the poor in the several counties in this state,

Acts
continued.

passed December session eighteen hundred and sixteen,* be
and the same are hereby continued until the twentieth day of
November next, and until the end of the next session of assem-
bly which shall happen thereafter.

CHAPTER 199.
A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act relating to Coroners and
Sheriffs, passed at November session, 1799, ch. 91.
SEC. 1. Merged in 1822, ch. 219,
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in case of the death of any
sheriff before the first day of October in any year, after he shall
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*Ch. 192.