2042 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93

1888, art. 93, sec. 258. 1860, art. 93, sec. 254. 1823, ch. 195, sec. 2.

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

Ibid. sec. 259. 1860, art. 93, sec. 255. 1823, ch. 195, sec. 3.

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

Ibid sec 260. 1860, art. 93, sec. 256. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 9.

264. Each register shall diligently attend each meeting of
the orphans' court in his county or city, and under their direc-
tion 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 he
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. 261. 1660, art. 93, sec. 257. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 10.

265. He shall attend his office daily in person or by deputy
unless prevented by sickness, accident or necessity for the
dispatch 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.