ART. 94.] TREASURER. 691
any will made in any other State, may procure 'a copy of said
will and probate, authenticated in the mode and by the officer
authorized by the hiws of such State, and file the same in the
office of the Register of Wills of any county in this State, or the
city of Baltimore; and thereupon if shall be the duty of the said
register to record the game, as other wills admitted to probate
in his office; and a copy of said record of said will and probate,
under the hand of said register and T,he seal of his office, shall
be evidence in all suits and actions at law and in equity in any
court in this State wherein the title of any property real or
personal thereby devised or given shall be in question, with the
same force and effect as if the original will had been admitted
to probate in this State, according to the laws thereof.
328. Every will, when proven, shall be retained and preserved
in the office of the Register of Wills of the county, and shall not
be delivered out of such office to any person or persons whom-
soever; and every issue of devisavit vel non sent from a court
of equity, shall be tried in the county of the office aforesaid, at
which trial said will may be adduced in evidence under the care
of said register, or of any person in that behalf by him deputed,
under a subpcana duces tecum, issued on the special order of the
court holding such trial; and in like manner, such will may be
produced in evidence on the trial in any court of this State of
any issue involving the said will, and requiring its production,
in the opinion of the said court; but the said will shall not at
any time be taken, or kept out of the care and custody of the
said register, or of the person deputed as aforesaid.
ARTICLE XCIV.
Treasurer.
SEC. 1. The Treasurer, in addition to the oath prescribed by
the fourth section of the first article of the Constitution, shall
take an oath faithfully, diligently and honestly to discharge the
duties of his office.
2. He shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties,
give bond to the State of Maryland, with security or securities ap-
proved by the Governor, in the penalty of two hundred thousand
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