1400 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

circuit court for the county in which he shall reside; or, if he
reside in the city of Baltimore, by indictment in the criminal
court of Baltimore.

P. G L , (1860,) art. 93, sec. 255. 1823, ch. 195, sec. 3.

259. It shall be the duty of each register of wills to transmit
to the governor, on the first Monday of October next after the
execution of said bond, a certified copy thereof.

Ibid. sec. 256. 1799, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 9.

260. Each register shall diligently attend each meeting of the
orphans' court in his county or city, and under their direction
make full and fair entries of their proceedings, and also make
a fair record in a strong bound book or books, of all wills
proved before him or the said court, or authenticated according to
law, and of all other matters by law directed to be recorded in
the said court or in his office; he shall make out and issue every
summons, process, or order of the court, and shall in every respect
act under their control and direction as the clerk of a court of law
is under the direction of such court of law; and he shall give out
and certify under the seal of the court any copy of any part of
the proceedings in the court or in his office which any person may
demand, and ho shall be entitled to payment for any service done
by him according to the table of fees now or hereafter settled
by law.

Carroll v. Tyler, 2 H. & G. 54. Mitchell v Mitchell, 1 Gill, 66. Brooke v.
Townshend, 7 Gill, 10. Randall v. Hodges, 3 Bl. 477. Sappington v. Scott,
14 Md. 40

Ibid. sec. 257. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15. sec. 10.

261. He shall attend his office dally in person or by deputy
unless prevented by sickness, accident or necessity, for the dis-
patch of office business; he shall lodge every original paper and
record made up by him, in some repository of the court-house of
the county or city, or in such other place of safety as the said
court may appoint; and the county commissioners of the county
and mayor and city council of Baltimore shall provide and keep
in repair the said repository at the charge of the county or city.

Ibid. sec. 258. 1816, ch. 203, sec. 5.

262. In the recess of the orphans' court, he may receive in-
ventories and accounts of sales, examine vouchers, and state