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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— ia36.

zance to the state, with such security as the justice may require,
for his appearance at said term, and upon his appearance the
said county court, unless there be good cause for continuance,
shall take up and try the case at said term, and if the party so
appearing before the said court shall be convicted of a violation
of the act to which this is a supplement, the said court shall in
all respects affirm the judgment of the justice of the peace, and
the person convicted shall suffer accordingly.

Act ex-
tended to
Patuient.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act and the act to
which this is a supplement, be, and the same is extended to the
Patuxent river.

CHAPTER 122.

AN ACT to Limit the time for which Tobacco Inspectors shall continue
to hold their offices.

Five years.
(*of)

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the first day [*] June next, any person who
shall have been, or who may hereafter be appointed a tobacco
inspector in this state, and who shall have served, or who may
hereafter serve in said office, for the term of five years succes-
sively, shall not be eligible to said office again for the space of
one year, and it shall not be lawful for the governor and coun-
cil after said day to re-appoint any such person a tobacco

Proviso.

inspector, provided nothing herein is meant or intended to
prohibit the governor and council from appointing said officers
annually, as heretofore, for five years successively.

Restrictions

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be
construed to extend to the inspectors of tobacco in the several
county warehouses.

CHAPTER 128.
AN ACT (o regulate the manner of taking Testimony in Cases in Equity.

Upon filing
of answer,
or in case
no answer
or defence,
&c. com-
missioners
may issue.

SEC. 1 . Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in all cases now pending, or which may hereafter be insti-
tuted in the chancery court, or any county court sitting as a
court of equity, upon the filing of the answer of any infant de-
fendant or of defendants, taken in the manner now prescribed
by law and the practice in chancery, admitting the facts stated
in the bill, or making no defence to the claim of the complain-
ant, a commission to take testimony may issue in the usual
form, at the instance of the complainant or complainants, which
commission shall be directed to such person or persons of the
said county, as the chancellor, or the said county court, sitting
as a court of equity on the application of the complainant, may
direct.

Commission
ex parte.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in any case now depending,
or which may hereafter be depending in the chancery court, or