BALTIMORE CITY. 1063

REGISTER OF WILLS.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4. sec. 824. P. L. L. (1888). Art. 4. sec. 210.

354. The Register of Wills of Baltimore City, upon his election or
appointment, and at and before the expiration of every two years there-
after, shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the sum of thirty
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the
duties now or which may hereafter be required of him by law, with
securities, the sufficiency of which shall be certified by the Judges of the
Orphans' Court for said city, the same to be approved by the Comptroller
of the State, and when approved, to be filed-in his office.

As to commissions, see Banks v. State, 60 Md. 305.

1908, ch. 118. 1918, ch. 250. 1924, ch. 356.

354A. The Register of Wills of Baltimore City shall appoint five ap-
praisers for his full term of office, unless their places shall become vacant
by removal from cause, death, resignation or otherwise. The said ap-
praisers shall appraise the goods, chattels and personal estates of all
decedents under administration in the Orphans' Court of Baltimore City;
and shall in each case make the charges therefor now allowed by law and
certify the same to the Register of Wills; they shall receive an annual
salary of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars each,to be paid by said
Register out of the fees of the office returned by said appraisers. The
said Register shall keep an accurate account of all monies received for
such appraisements, and shall account for and pay the same except the
amount required to pay the salaries of said appraisers into the State
Treasury, as he is now required by law to account for and pay other
monies for which he is accountable to the State.

P. L. L. (1860), Art. 4, sec. 825. P, L. L. (1888). Art. 4, sec. 211.

355. When said bond is inspected by the judges of said court, and is
deemed good and sufficient, and is so certified, the same shall be forthwith
entered among the proceedings of said court, and sent to the Comptroller
for his approval; and when said bond shall be approved by the Comp-
troller, he shall forthwith make a certificate of the fact of such approval,
and send the said certificate to the Judges of said Orphans' Court, and
the same shall be entered among the proceedings of the court.

P. L. L. (1860). Art. 4, sec. 826. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 212.

356. A refusal or neglect on the part of said Register to give bond, to
be approved and recorded as aforesaid, within the time prescribed, shall
be deemed a disqualification within the meaning of the Constitution, and
thereupon his place shall be filled according to the provisions of the 25th
and 41st sections of the 4th Article of the Constitution, and subject to the
term and service therein prescribed.