JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1826.

have been arrested, shall be returnable, and be filed with the
other proceedings in such action, and shall in all respects, and
to all intents and purposes, be as valid, binding and effectual,
as if performed during the regular, term in. open court

CHAP. CCXXII,
A Further Supplement to the Act, entitled, An Act for enlarging the power
of the High Court of Chancery.

CHAP. 221

Passed Mar 12, 1827

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That all commissions which shall hereafter be issued to take tes-
timony in causes depending in the, high court of chancery, or
county courts sitting as courts of equity, shall be issued and di-
rected to two persons to be named and appointed by the said
court or courts, or any judge thereof, instead of being issued to

Commissions to
take testimony

four commissioners in the manner now prescribed by law.
2. And be it enacted, That upon the application of either
party, complainant or defendant, in any case depending in
the said court, where a commission is now outstanding and
unexecuted, and upon affidavit that the same is not intended for
delay, the chancellor, or said courts, or any judge thereof, may
order that the said outstanding commission, be returned, and a

Outstanding
commissions may
be returned

new one issued to the said commissioners.
3. And be it enacted, That with a view to the speedy exe-
cution and return of the said commissioners, and to facilitate the
ad ministration, of justice, the chancellor, or said courts, or any
judge thereof, shall prescribe such rules as the nature of the case
may require.

Rates to be pre-
scribed

CHAP. CCXXIII.
A Further Supplement to the Act, entitled, An Act to provide for the Ad-
ministration of Justice in the case of Crimea and Misdemeanors in the City
and Precincts of Baltimore.

Passed Mar 12, 1827

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That either of the judges of Baltimore city court, shall have
full power and authority to hold said court for the trial of causes,
except in cases where a jury is necessary, and to adjourn the
same from time to time, in the same planner that the chief judge
of said court can now do.

Either of the
judges to hold
court, &c

2. And be it enacted, That either of the said judges shall
have full power and authority to issue writs of habeas carpus,
and to hear and determine the questions arising thereon, in the
same manner as the chief judge can now do, any law to the
contrary not-withstanding.

May issue write
of habeas corpus

CHAP. CCXXIV.
An Act to appoint a Warden for the Jail of Baltimore County.

WHEREAS it has been represented to this general assembly,
by the memorial of sundry inhabitants of the city ami county
of Baltimore, that the sheriffs of Baltimore county, from the
multiplicity of other business, cannot pay that personal attenti-
on to tfie safety of the prisoners, the discipline of the jail, and
preservation of the public property, which is desirable, and there-
fore are obliged to intrust these important concerns to a jailer,
who may not always have a just regard to the public interests,
and that these objects would be much promoted, as. well as eco-

Passed Mar 12, 1827
Preamble