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exclusive of the appraised value of the negroes, sufficient to
pay his debts and costs of administration on any suit already,
or which may be hereafter instituted by any of his creditors,
the court may decree that all the real estate of such person, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be sold to pay his
debts; this to apply to all cases where the heirs or devisees are
residents or non-residents, or are of full age, or infants, or of
sound mind, or non compos mentis, and to cases where the par-
ties left no heirs, or where it is not known whether he left heirs
or devisees; or if the heirs or devisees be unknown, and if there
be no heirs, the State's Attorney shall appear to the bill.

In force from March 10, 1864.

ARTICLE XVIII.

Clerks of Courts.

CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS.

Chapter 340 adds the following section, to take place after section 41:

SEC. 1. He shall not be deemed to have abandoned his resi-
dence in the city or county where he resided at the time of his
appointment by reason of his residence in Annapolis, during
the term for which he may have been appointed, unless he shall
signify his intention so to abandon his residence in said city or
county by voting in Annapolis.

In force from March 10, 1864.

CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY.

Chapter 385 adds the following section, to take place after section 70:

2. The clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city is hereby
authorized and required to prepare an index of all judgments
and decrees, which have been rendered in the Superior Court
aforesaid since its organization, the expense of which index, to
be paid by him out of the receipts of his office as other office