1236 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 490

Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Chancery, " sub-title
"Witnesses and Testimony, " be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

269. 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 exami-
ners, who shall, upon qualification, be officers of the Court;
and for any special reason, a special examiner may be ap-
pointed; provided that the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County may appoint four such examiners. These examiners
shall have authority to issue subpoenas for witnesses, ad-
minister oaths, notify parties of the time of their sittings,
and to preserve order and decorum during their sessions. Any
person refusing to obey subpoenas issued by such examiners,
or who shall be guilty of violating the order and proper de-
corum of the sessions of said examiners while in the discharge
of their duties shall be reported by the examiners, together
with the facts of the case, to the Court; and upon hearing,
the Court, if satisfied of the facts as reported, and that the
party was guilty of the matter charged, shall punish the party
so offending. Such examiners shall be entitled to receive four
dollars per day, for each and every day actually employed;
to be paid by the party at whose instance the service may have
been rendered. And it shall be the duty of such examiners,
in making their returns to the Court, in each case, to certify
the time that they have been actually employed, and at whose
instance, and the amount taxable to each party for services
rendered.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 490.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
534 of Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (Duckett & Clagett's Edition), title "Prince George's
County, " sub-title "Sheriff—Guard to the Jail, " as said sec-