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of Appeals was, therefore, equal to $533.33, as has
been said. During the struggles with war ex-
penses this sum was not forthcoming at times. For
the year 1782, as the Auditor's day book shows,
the judges of the Court of Appeals were paid in
wheat. Their salary was much smaller than that
of the judges of the other courts. A table com-
paring salaries of judges of all courts will be
found in a note to the Chancellor's Case, 1 Bland,
595; and as will be there observed, while the
judges of the Court of Appeals were receiving
$533.33, those of the General Court were receiving
$1333.33, and the Chancellor was receiving from
$1600 to $2733.33.

On May 4, 1779, a minute⁴ was prepared for a
session of the court, seemingly in anticipation of
the appearance and qualification of the judges at
that time. None had qualified as yet. Judges
Mackall and Murray were the only ones who did
appear, however, and as two did not have author-
ity to hold the court the prepared announcement
that a court was begun and held was contradicted
by a note that none was held for lack of a sufficient
number of judges. The two who came to An-
napolis, Mackall and Murray, took the oath of
office on the next day, May 5, 1779, before Alien
Quynn, a prominent citizen of Annapolis, and a
justice of the peace. It was not until a year later,
or on May 2, 1780, that another judge, Rumsey,
came, and he took the oath that day before Judge
Mackall; and the three qualified judges then, on
May 2, 1780, held the first session of the court

4. By whom made is not apparent. There is no record of appoint-
ment of a clerk until 1781.