ART. 93] ORPHANS' COURT. 2100

and all acts of the governor in designating one of said judges as chief
judge, and in commissioning him as such, and all commissions here-
tofore issued by the governor to said judges so designated and commis-
siored as the chief judge of his respective court are hereby ratified and
confirmed to all intents and purposes as if this section had been in
full force when such designations were made and commissions issued,
and full power and authority are hereby vested in each of said judges
so designated and commissioned as chief judge to act as such chief
judge, and all writs and other process tested in the names of said chief
judges respectively are hereby declared valid to all intents and pur-
poses, as if this section had been in force when the same were issued.

1904, art. 93, sec. 232. 1888, art. 93, sec. 228. 1860, art. 93, sec. 228. 1798, ch. 101,

sub-ch. 15, sec. 8.

233. The orphans' court, unless a different time is prescribed by
the local law, shall be held in each county and the city of Baltimore,
at the usual place of holding the court of said county or city, on the
second Tuesday in every month of February, April, June, August,
October and December, and oftener if need be, according to its own
adjournment; and any one of the judges of the said court, in the
absence of the others shall have power to hold the said court at a stated
time of adjournment only for the purpose of adjourning; any two of
them shall have full power to do any act which the said court is or
shall be authorized by law to perform, and any two of them shall have
power to hold the court on any day not named in an adjournment, on
the application of any person having pressing business in the said
court; provided, notice thereof be given to all, and in such case the
register shall record that such notice hath been given.

Ibid. sec. 233. 1888, art. 93, sec. 229. 1860, art. 93, sec. 229. 1795, ch. 55.

1831, ch. 315, sec. 14.

234. A recess of the orphans' court shall be deemed' and taken to
be not only such days as they may not hold a court, but also such parts
or portions of a day as they may not be in actual session; if the
orphans' court shall not meet on a day fixed for its meeting, the reg-
ister shall adjourn the court from day to day until a meeting shall
be had according to law.

Ibid. sec. 234. 1888, art. 93, sec. 230. 1860, art. 93, sec. 230. 1798, ch. 101.
sub-ch. 15, sec. 1. 1896, ch. 246. 1908, ch. 125.

235. The court shall have full power to take probate of wills,
grant letters testamentary and of administration, direct the conduct
and accounting of executors and administrators, superintend the dis-
tribution of estates of intestates, secure the rights of orphans and
legatees and administer justice in all matters relating to the affairs of
deceased persons, also of persons supposed to be dead, under the fol-
lowing: conditions: (a) Whenever letters testamentary or of admin-
istration are applied for on the estate of any person supposed to be
dead on account of uninterrupted absence for above seven years from