THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1121

tion), title "Chancery", sub-title "Witnesses and Testimony",
as said section was amended by Chapter 456 of the Acts of
1949, increasing the compensation of the examiners ap-
pointed by the Equity Courts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 281 of Article 16 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Chancery", sub-title "Wit-
nesses and Testimony", as said section was amended by
Chapter 456 of the Acts of 1949, be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

281. 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 examiners,
who shall, upon qualification, be officers of the Court; and for
any special reason, a special examiner may be appointed; pro-
vided that the Circuit Court for Prince George's County may
appoint four such examiners and provided further that the
Circuit Court for Montgomery County may appoint as many
such examiners as in the Court's discretion may be necessary
for the proper conduct of the Court's business. These exami-
ners 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] ten 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. SUCH EXAMINERS
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE $10. 00 PER CASE.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUB-
TITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS PROHIBITING THE
JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF BALTIMORE
CITY OR THE JUDGES OP THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF
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