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sequestered may, at the discretion of the court, be applied to the
purpose for which such judgment, decree, decision or order was
given; and if the judgment, decree, decision or order shall be for
the payment of costs, and the party or parties against whom the
said judgment, decree, decision or order for the payment of costs
shall be rendered shall be entitled to a distributive share of the
estate in which the suit is involved, the court may order said costs
to be paid out of said distributive share.

Scott v. Burch, 6 H. & J 79. Brodess v.Thompson, 2 H. & G. 126. Stewart
v. Pattison, 8 Gill, 46. Hayden v Burch, 9 Gill, 82. Townshend v. Brooke, 9
Gill, 90. Spencer v Ragan, 9 Gill, 482. Conner v.Ogle, 4 Md. Ch. 426.
Snively v. Bevans, 1 Md 220. Ex Parte Shipley, 4 Md. 493. Edelen v. Edelen,
6 Md. 288. Lowe v Lowe, 6 Md 352. Williams v. Holmes, 9 Md. 289. Miller
v. Dorsey, 9 Md 317. Mickle v. Cross, 10 Md. 353. Michael v. Baker, 12 Md.
158. Blackburn v. Crawford, 22 Md 447. Taylor v. Bruscup, 27 Md. 219.
State v. Warren, 28 Md. 338 Kearney v. Turner, 28 Md. 408 Bowie v.
Ghiselin, 30 Md 556. Gunther v State, 31 Md. 31 Schull v. Murray, 32 Md.
15. Eichelberger v. Hawthorne, 33 Md. 588 Browne v. Preston, 38 Md. 373.
Schwallenberger v. Jennings, 43 Md. 554. Norment v.Brydon, 44 Md. 112.
State v Cheston, 61 Md. 352. Ramsay v. Welby, 63 Md. 584.

Register of Wills.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 253. 1777, ch. 8, sec. 6. 1823, ch. 195, sec. 1.
1825, ch. 208, sec. 5. 1840, ch. 52. 1861, ch. 83.

257. The register of wills in each county and of the city of
Baltimore, before he acts as such, shall give bond with two good
and sufficient securities in the penal sum of seven thousand dollars,
payable to this State, conditioned for the faithful performance of
his said office of register of wills, which bond shall be taken and
securities approved by the judges of the orphans' court and
recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the
county, or the superior court of Baltimore city, as the case may
be; and every register shall renew his bond on or before the
thirty-first day of December in every second year.

Banks v. State, 60 Md 305.

Ibid. sec. 254. 1823, ch. 195, sec. 2.

258. On default of any register of wills to execute the bond
required by the preceding section within the time therein pre-
scribed he shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars,
to be recovered by indictment in the name of the State in the