1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 17.

or more of the defendants reside, some in one county, and
some in another, that court shall have jurisdiction in
which proceedings shall have been first commenced.

Power and au-
thority to pro-
ceed in like
manner as the
present High
Court of Chan-
cery.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the circuit judges
and judge of the Superior Court for Baltimore city, in
the cases mentioned in the fifth section of this act, and
in all the proceedings expressly provided for in the
twenty-seventh section of the fourth article of the
Constitution, shall have full power and authority to
proceed with, hear, determine and execute the same,
in like manner as the present High Court of Chancery

of Maryland may do, in similar cases.

In force.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from its passage.

CHAPTER 17.

Passed Feb.
27, 1852.

AN ACT to authorise the officers elected for Balti-
more County to keep their offices within the limits

of the City of Baltimore.

May keep
their offices if
the city of
Baltimore.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the following officers appertaining
to Baltimore county proper, that is to say: The county
commissioners, treasurer, register of wills, clerk of the
Circuit court, sheriff, coroner and surveyor, may keep
their respective offices within the limits of the city of
Baltimore, until provision shall be made by law for
the location of a county seat, within the said county,
and the erection of a court house and all other appro-
priate buildings for the convenient administration of jus-
tice in said county.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from its passage.