Maryland Code, Estates and Trusts § 2-208

(b)(1) The register shall appoint deputies and clerks required for the efficient operation of the register's office.

(2) Appointments and compensation of deputies and clerks shall be approved by the Comptroller.

(3) When qualified, every deputy shall have the power and authority to act in the place of the register and every act performed by a deputy shall have the force and effect as if performed by the register.

(c)(1) The register shall receive, file, and store safely every original paper and record left in the register's custody, in a repository of the courthouse as the court may direct.

(2) The County Commissioners, County Council, or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall provide and keep in repair the repository at its expense.

(d)(1) The register shall keep a proper docket showing the grant of letters and a short entry of every paper filed in the court and every order of the court or the register, setting forth the nature of the order or paper.

(2) The docket shall be similar in every respect to the dockets required to be kept in the offices of the equity courts.

(3) The dockets shall be subject to supervision, examination, and control as ordered by the Comptroller.

(f)(1) The register shall issue and certify under the seal of the court a copy of any part of the proceedings in the court or in the register's office which a person may demand.

(2) Unless otherwise provided by law or order of a court of competent jurisdiction, any person may, without charge, inspect, examine, and make memoranda or notes from an index or paper filed with the register.

(g)(1) Each register shall attend each meeting of the court and, under the direction of the court, make full and fair entries of court proceedings.

(2) The register may also record by photographic process in strong bound books every probated will, and record by photographic process every other paper filed in the court or in the register's office in a manner, consistent with the provisions of § 2-211 of this subtitle, as may be prescribed by the Comptroller and the State Archives to insure uniformity throughout the State.