676 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

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 settled by law.

257. He shall attend his office daily in person or by deputy,
unless prevented by sickness, accident, or necessity, 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 city, or in such other place of safety
as the said court may appoint, and the County Commissioners
of the county or Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall
provide and keep in repair the said repository at the county's
charge.

258. He may, in the recess of the Orphans' Court, receive
inventories and accounts of sales, examine vouchers, and state
guardians and administrators' accounts, subject to the review
of and final passage or rejection by the Orphans' Court.

259. He may take probate of accounts against deceased per-
sons' estates, that are proper to be brought before him, or before
the Orphans' Court, for passage or settlement.

260. He may, in the recess of the Orphans' Court, pass any
account against the estate of any deceased person, where the
amount of such account or claim doth not exceed the sum of
fifty dollars; and shall keep a record of every claim passed by
him, in the same manner as of claims passed by the Orphans'
Court.

261. He may, during the recess of the Orphans' Court, take
the probate of wills, and grant letters testamentary or of admi-
nistration.

262. He shall not demand, take, or receive from any person
whatsoever, any fee, gratuity, gift, or reward, for giving his
advice in any matter or thing relative to his office, under the
penalty of one hundred dollars.