LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1826.

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any such appeal may be
made at any time within the period prescribed by law for enter-
ing appeals, either in the county court, or other inferior court, in
which the judgment or decree hath been or shall be rendered,
or by application to the clerk of such court, during the vacation
thereof, who is hereby directed, on such application, to enter an
appeal in the usual manner, from the judgment of the said
court, to the court of appeals.

Appeal may
be made at
any time,
&c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That if the judgment or decree
appealed from, shall have been, or shall be rendered or passed
in the county court, or other inferior court, then the bond to be
entered into as aforesaid, and the sureties therein, shall be ap-
proved, either by the said court, or one of the judges thereof, or
by the clerk or register of such court.

Appeal
bonds, how
to be ap-
proved.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That where a writ of error is about
to be sued out on any such judgment, then the bond to be en-
tered into as aforesaid, and the sureties thereon, shall be ap-
proved, either by the clerk of the county court of the county
wherein the sureties in such writ of error bond may reside, or
by the chancellor, to whom application shall be made for such
writ of error, or by the register of the court of chancery.

Writ of er-
ror bond,
how to be
approved.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if the decree appealed from
shall have been, or shall be rendered or passed in the court of
chancery, then the bond to be entered into as aforesaid, and the
sureties therein, shall be approved by the chancellor, or by the
register of the court of chancery, or by the clerk of the county
court of the county wherein the sureties in such appeal bond
may reside.

If decree is
in chancery,
how bond is
to be ap-
proved of.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That on any appeal being entered
in any county court, or other inferior court, or in the court of
chancery, from any judgment or decree therein, as herein before
mentioned, or upon the production of a writ of error, upon any
judgment in any county court, or other inferior court, it shall be
the duty of the clerk or register of such court to make out and
transmit to the court of appeals, to which such appeal may be
made, or the writ of error made returnable, a full transcript or
record of the whole proceedings of the said court in such action,
under the hand of the clerk or register, and the seal of the court,
or great seal of the state, as the case may be, within forty days
next after the appeal therein shall have been entered, or the writ
of error produced and filed ; and upon receipt of such transcript
by the clerk of the court of appeals, he shall enter the case on
the docket of his court, as of the term next after the date of tbo
appeal or of the writ of error in such case.

Proceedings
on appeal,
&c. to be
transmitted,

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That if any clerk or register shall
refuse or delay to make out any such transcript or record, and
transmit the same in manner aforesaid to the court of appeals,

Penalty cm
clerks for
refuting,
&c.