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252. The Orphans' Court shall not, under pretext of incidental
power or constructive authority, exercise any jurisdiction not
expressly conferred by law; but every judgment, decree, de-
cision or order of the said court may be enforced by attachment
and sequestration, as aforesaid; and if the said judgment, decree,
decision or order be for paying money, the property sequestered
may, at the discretion of the court, bp applied to the purpose for
which such judgment, decree, decision or order was given.

REGISTER OF WILLS.

253. The Register of Wills in each county, before he acts as
such, shall give bond with two good and sufficient securities in
the penal sum of seven thousand dollars, payable to this State,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his said office of Re-
gister of Wills, which bond shall be taken and securities approved
by the Judges of the Orphans' Court, and recorded in the office
of the clerk of the Circuit Court for the county in which the
party so executing the bond shall live, or the Superior Court of
Baltimore city if Register of said city; and every register shall
renew his bond on or before the first day of August in every
second year.

254. On default of any Register of Wills to execute the bond
required by the preceding section, within the time therein pre-
scribed, such defaulter shall be subject to a penalty of one thou-
sand dollars, to be recovered by indictment, in the name of the
State, in the Circuit Court of the county in which such officer
shall reside, or if he reside in the city of Baltimore, to be reco-
vered by indictment in the Criminal Court of Baltimore.

255. It shall be the duty of each Register of Wills to transmit
to the Governor, on the first Monday of October next after the
execution of said bond, a certified copy of the bond executed
by him.

256. Each register shall diligently attend each meeting of the
Orphans' Court in his county or city, and under their direction
make full and fair entries of their proceedings, and 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 law,
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