CHANCELLOR
 
 

CHANCERY

—On refusal, made liable to the action of the party
injured,
    The chancellor exempted in part from militia duty,

    An act respecting idiots, lunatics, &c.
    Bonds given by inspectors of tobacco, directed to be
delivered to the register,
    Provisions similar to those of the act of 1789, ch. 42,
relative to the entering writs of ca. sa. not called by consent,
extended to the chancery court,
    The register to keep an account of the taxes on proceedings,
and deliver or send them tot he sheriffs for
collection,
—Direction as to the collection and payment,
—The register to lay annually before the general assembly
a list on oath of the said taxes,
—Not to alter the mode of collecting such taxes from
non residents,
    On bills to compel a specific performance against
non residents, when it cannot be ascertained whether
they are living, or if dead, who are their legal representatives,
if any, the chancellor may take the bill pro
confesso, or issue a commission ex parte, and decree accordingly,
—Six months notice to be given in such newspapers
as the chancellor shall direct,
—Such persons appearing within eighteen calendar
months, and requesting a review, the chancellor shall
proceed to an examination, and final decree,
—They may, at any time before a decree, appear
and be admitted to defend, on filing a good and sufficient
answer, plea or demurrer,
    Appeals from the chancery court to the former court
of appeals transferred to the court then established,
&c.
—Appeals to be made returnable to the court of appeals,
for the respective shores,
    In cases where the chancellor is or may be interested,
the chief judge of the district, where the chancery
court shall sit, shall hear and decree thereon as if he
was the chancellor,
—The process to be issued by the register tested
by the judge,
—An appeal to lie to the court of appeals,
    In any suit in the court in which the chancellor for
the time being may have been counsel, or have given
his opinion, and on that account may conceive that
he cannot conscientiously act thereon, and shall so
certify in writing, the same shall be heard and determined
by the chief judge of the third judicial district,
or by the court thereof, at the election of the complainant
or defendant,
—Orders, &c. to be made accordingly, to have the
same effect as if made by the chancellor, and such decree
to be liable to appeal in like manner,
    The chancellor may require the opinion of the chief
judge of the said district on any question of law arising,
in which, according to the usual practice, such
opinion may be thought necessary,
—Duty of the chief judge to express such opinion
in writing,
—Provided that on such opinion being given, or in
case of a decree or order by the chief judge or court,
(he being sitting therein,) he shall on appeal withdraw
from the bench,
    The chancellor empowered to determine on bills filed,
in all cases where a citizen shall have purchased 

  1809      125    6
  1811      182    1
June 1812   9    2
  1800        67

  1801        63    7
 

  1802      109

  1804        4    1
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  1805        65    8

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  1806        55
  1811      189
 
 
 

  1806        55
 

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