ART. 54.] CERTIFICATES OF SURYEY—CAVEATS. 911

whole composition or purchase money has been paid, and such
certificate has laid six months in the land office and no caveat has
been entered thereto, the person having such certificate returned,
his assignees, devisees or heirs, shall be entitled to a patent thereon;
or if the certificate is released by adjudication, or by the opera-
tion of law, from the effect of the caveat, a patent shall issue
thereon as if no caveat had been filed.

Seward's Lessee v. Hicks, 1 H & McH. 22 Beall's Lessee 9. Digges, 1 H. &
McH. 26. Tyler's Lessee v. Carroll, 1 H. & McH. 78 Proprietary v. Jennings
1 H. & McH 92. Carroll's Lessee v. Llewellyn, 1 H. & McH. 162. Norwood

B. Attorney General, 1 H. & McH. 201. Potter 9. Purnell, 1 H. & McH. 208.

Smith v. Yates, 1 H. & McH. 244. Helm's Lessee v. Howard, 2 H & McH 57.
Kelly's Lessee v. Greenfield, 2 H. & McH. 121. State v. Reed, 4 H & McH. 4.
Boring's Lessee v. Singery, 4 H. & McH 398. Attorney Gen'l v. Snowden, 1 H.

& J 332. Garrettson v. Cole, 1 H. & J 370 Jarrett's Lessees. West, 1 H. & J.

501 West v. Jarrett, 1 H. & J. 538. Keefer v. Young, 2 H. & J. 53 Cheney

v. Ringgold's Lessee, 2 H & J. 87. Chapman v. Brawner, 2 H & J 366. Bore-
ing's Lessee v. Singery, 2 H & J 455 Attorney General v. Jarrett, 2 H. & J.
472 Singery v. Attorney General, 2 H & J 487. Rench v. Beltzhoover, 3 H.

& J 469. Singstack v. Harding, 4 H. & J 186. Browne v. Kennedy, 5 H. &
J. 195 Boring v.Lemmon, 5 H. & J 228. Hammond v. Ridgely's Lessee, 5
H & J 245 Lamborn v. White, 6 H & J 252. Rowland e Crawford, 7 H.

& J. 52. Wall v. Forbes, 1 H & G 441. Lowry v. Tiernan, 2 H. & G 34.

Giraud's Lessee v. Hughes, 1 G. & J 249. Gott v. Carr, 6 G & J. 309. Pocock

v. Hendricks, 8 G & J 421. Wilson v. Inloes, 11 G & J 359. Steyer v. Hoye,
12 G & J 202 Casey's Lessee v. Inloes, 1 Gill, 430 Hoye T. Johnston, 2 Gill,
291 Budd v. Brooke, 3 Gill, 198 Wilson v. Inloes, 6 Gill, 121 Hoffman v.
Johnson, 1 Bl. 103 Cunningham e Browning, 1 Bl 299. Ridgely v. John-
son, 1 Bl. 316 Railroad v. Hoye, 2 Bl 258 Seward v. Hicks, 2 Bl. 261,
(note ) Baltimore v. McKim, 3 Bl. 453. Buckingham v. Dorsey, 1 Md. Ch 31.
Chapman v. Hoskins, 2 Md Ch 485. Smith v. Baker, 4 Md. Ch. 29. Chis-
holm v. Perry, 4 Md. Ch 31. Jones v. Bradley, 4 Md Ch. 167. Twigg v.
Jacobs, 4 Md. Ch 541 Hammond's Lessee v. Inloes, 4 Md 138 Day v. Gor-
such, 4 Md 262. Cook v. Carroll, 6 Md. 104 Brown v. Shilling, 9 Md 74.
Dorothy v. Hillert, 9 Md 570.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 54, sec. 32 1797, ch. 114, sec. 11.

39. Every caveat shall be heard and determined by the com-
missioner of the land office within twelve months from the
entering of the same, unless he shall, under special circumstances,
give further time to the parties.

Ibid. sec. 83. 1797, ch. 114, sec. 8.

40. The commissioner of the land office shall have full power,
at his discretion, to award the costs to the party prevailing, on
the decision of any caveat.