1842

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 229.

Repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the act passed at De-
cember session eighteen hundred and thirty-four, chapter
three hundred and twenty-five, entitled, An act giving to
Judge Thomas Buchanan, a per diem compensation in cer-
tain cases, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Jurors and
Bailiffs $1 50
each.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the per diem of the
jurors, and bailiffs attending the courts in said county shall
hereafter be one dollar and fifty cents instead of the sum
now allowed by law.

Judges and
clerks $3 00
each.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the allowance to judges
and clerks of elections shall be three dollars per day, in-
stead of the sum now allowed by Jaw.

Commission-
ers not to pay
for fuel, paper
or stationary.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the board of commis-
sioners of Washington county, shall not allow or order the
payment of any account for fuel, paper or stationary, for
the officers of county clerk, register of wills or sheriff.

Not to affect
existing laws,
&c.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall
be construed to afreet the existing laws in relation to the
itinerant charges of jurors or return judges of elections.

To go into in-
to operation
1st May next.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this law shall go into,
operation on the first day of May next.

CHAPTER 229.

Passed Feb.
24, 1843.

A further supplement to the act enlarging the powers of
the High Court of Chancery.

Court may or-
der the case
to be proceed-
ed in.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That in any suit in the Court of Chancery, de-
pending or to be depending against several defendants, the
said suit shall not necessarily abate by the suggestion of the
death of one or more of the said defendants against whom
a decree for an account or partition or sale shall have been
passed, or such other proceedings shall have been had after
appearance as would have warranted the passing of such
decree, or who shall have answered the bill of complaint, and
thereby admitted the facts stated in the said bill, or failed
to set up any defence to the relief therein prayed; but in
such case, the said court at its discretion may order the
cause to be proceeded in as if no such death had occurred,
or require a bill of revivor or supplemental bill in nature of
a bill of revivor, to be filed against the proper representa-

Proviso.

tive of the deceased party, as may seem best calculated to
advance the purposes of justice; provided nevertheless, that
in any case, if any heir, devisee or other proper represen-