1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 124.

undivided interest in said lands, to which they are en-
titled, as heirs of their mother.

CHAPTER 124.

Passed Feb. 5,
1838.

An act to authorize the approval of the Bonds of the
several Clerks of the several County Courts in this
State.

In case specified.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That whenever any clerk of a county court
in this State, shall have been, or may hereafter be a-
pointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and commissioned during the

Orphans' court &c.

may take and ap-
prove the bond.

recess of such court, it shall and may be, lawful for the
Orphan's court of the county for which said clerk
shall be commissioned, or any two justices thereof, to
take and approve the official bond of said clerk in as
full and ample a manner, as the judges of the county
court are now authorized to do according to the exist-

Subject to approval.

ing laws; — Provided, nevertheless, that the said coun-
ty court at their first term thereafter, shall examine
the said bond and endorse their approval thereof, or in
the event of their disapproval, require a new bond to
be given during said term by said clerk, with suffici-

ent surety or sureties; and to endorse their approval

thereof upon such new bond as aforesaid.

Bond to be record-

ed.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That when the said bond
shall have been approved by the said county court, it
shall be recorded and shall be renewed from time to
time, by said clerk under the approval of the said
county court as is now required by law.

Recognised as a-
vailable.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said bond so
approved by the justices of the Orphans' court as a-
foresaid, shall be recorded by the Register of said court,
and shall avail in all respects as the official bond of a
clerk of a county court, now required by law, until the
new bond be taken by the county court and approved
and recorded as hereinbefore provided.