204 CHANCERY—WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY. [ART. 16.

trustees of said cestui que trusts, appointed as such by a court in
any State, of competent jurisdiction, or any judge thereof,
whether the trustee so appointed resides in the State of Mary-
land or elsewhere.

1876, ch. 245, sec. 2.

214. Upon application, the circuit court of Baltimore city, or
any court in this State having equity jurisdiction, is authorized
and empowered to pass an order directing the transfer, assign-
ment or payment of the trust funds, monies and properties of
said cestui que trusts to any other trustee or trustees as specified
and mentioned in section 213: provided, said court, before pass-
ing the order as aforesaid, shall be of opinion that it would be
to the interest and advantage of the cestui que trusts, that said
transfer should be made, and the court shall further be satisfied
that said new trustee has properly bonded and been qualified as

said trustee.

Ibid, sec 8.

215. The receipt and release of the trustee or trustees properly
authenticated, to whom the said trust monies, properties and
effects of the cestui que trusts shall or may have been paid over,
assigned or transferred, in virtue of the order or decree of the
said circuit court of Baltimore city, or of any other court of
competent jurisdiction in this State, or any judge thereof, shall
be a good and sufficient release to the trustee so paying over,
transferring or assigning said trust monies, properties and effects
of said trust estate, to the extent and to the amount so trans-
ferred, assigned or paid over.

Witnesses and Testimony.

Rule 30.

216. Except where testimony is to be taken beyond the limits

of the State, or beyond the limits of the county or city for which
the court exercises jurisdiction, no commissions to take testimony
shall issue. The circuit court for each of the counties, and the
supreme bench of Baltimore city, shall each appoint two or three
experienced and competent examiners, who shall, upon qualifi-
cation, be officers of the court; and for any special reason, a
special examiner may be appointed. These examiners shall have
authority to issue subpoenas for witnesses, administer oaths,