1833.

LAWS OP MARYLAND.

CHAP 339.

be submitted in the case, should be ensured by this

-Legislature; and that each party defendant for his

separate interest should be entitled to have the cause

as promptly as possible terminated,— Therefore;

Power to make transmit

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for said

Reynolds, or any other parties in said cause, to cause a

transcript to be make of said bills, and the answers

and of ail exhibits and proceedings heretofore filed or

had in the said case, and of all exhibits that before

transmission of the proceed in as us hereinafter men-

Register to trans-

tioned, may be filed, and the Regiser of the Court of

mit to Court of Appeals

Chancery is required to transmit the said transcript

to the Court of Appeals which court at the first term

to which said transcript shall be transmitted, shall

To pronounce o-

upon said bills, answers, exhibits andproceedings ad-

pinion.

judge and pronounce its opinion upon the validity of

the acts of Assembly, in a constitutional or other point

of view, passed to give effect to the several deeds men-

tioned in said bills, so far as any of said acts shall up-

on any argument before said court be brought into

question or submitted for consideration to said court

Also on other points

touching their validity as aforesaid, and also upon any

other points that may by agreement between any of the

plaintiffs and any of the defendants, be submitted to

To be certified to

the said court for decision; and the decision and opin-

Chancery

ion of the said Court of Appeals in the premises, shall

be certified to the Court of Chancery, and be binding

upon that court as to the law thereby decided.

As to costs

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all the costs of said

transcript and of the proceedings aforesaid, in the

Court cf Appeals, .shall be paid by the parties direct-

ing said transcript to be made and transmitted as

aforesaid, and who therefor shall apply to the said re-

gister.

Proceeded with in

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That during the penden-

Chancery

cy of said proceedings, the cause may be proceeded

with in Chancery, in manner as if no such proceeding

had been taken.

Commissions for

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be

evidence

lawful for any defendant or defendants, or their heirs

or representatives to said original or cross bill upon