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any other person or persons to any lawful writ, process, order,
rule, decree or command of the said courts.

Taylor v. Llewelhn, 1 H. & McH. 19. State v. Stone, 3 H. & McH. 115.
Garretson v. Cole, 1 H. & J. 370. West v. Hughes, 1 H. & J. 453. Crapster v.
Griffith, 2 Bl. 1. Binney's Case, 2 Bl. 101. Deakin's Case, 2 Bl. 398. Ex

forte Maulsby, 13 Md. 625.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 29, sec. 5. 1852, ch. 173, sec. 6.

5. In case of the absence of the judges of any court, (except
the court of appeais,) the clerk may adjourn the court from day
to day; or he may, by written order from the judges, adjourn
the court to the next term thereof, or to such other day before
the next term, as by said order he may be directed.

Ibid. sec. 6. 1796, ch. 43, sec. 20. 1801, ch. 74. sec. 17. 1858, ch. 363.

6. Any judge in the recess of his court may order his clerk
to enter a judgment by confession, with the assent of the parties
or their attorneys, in writing, which shall be filed with the order
of the judge; and a judgment so entered shall, from the date of
its entry by the clerk, have the same effect as if entered during
the session of the court.

Appointment of Assistant Counsel.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 29, sec. 7 1856, ch. 19, sec. 1. 1886, ch. 46.

7. The circuit courts for the several counties, and the criminal
court of Baltimore, may appoint assistant counsel for the State,
to aid in the trial of criminal or other State cases in said courts,

whenever, in the judgment of the court in which any such case
is pending, public interest requires it; and the said courts may
likewise appoint counsel to defend any person in the trial of any
criminal case in said courts, whenever, in the judgment of the
court in which any such case is pending, a just regard for the
rights of the accused requires it.

Ibid. sec. 8. 1856, ch. 19, sec. 2. 1886, ch. 46.

8. The county commissioners of the several counties, and the
mayor and city council of Baltimore, shall levy and pay for the
services rendered by any person appointed by the court to assist
in the prosecution or defence of any case; provided, the amount
paid for such services in any one case shall not exceed one