Acts. 343

soe Chosen or Appointed as afd being willing to take the said
Orphans reall Estates into their possession shall hold and
Enjoy the said Lands and plantations Comitting no waste and
performing all such Matters and things at his or their Entry
thereupon as by this Act is required untill the said orphan or
orphans Come to age and the said person or persons so
Chosen Guardian or Guardians as afd or by the Justices of the
County Court soe appointed and put in possession of the
orphans Lands as afd shall by Virtue of this Act in the name
and to the use of such orphan bring his Action of waste ag'ainst
the former Guardian for the Damages by him Comitted and
the Commissioners of the Sev^ll County Courts within this
province are hereby Injoyned and required to give in Charge
Every June Court to the orphan Jury to Enquire if any waste
hath been made of orphans Lands Under the penalty of six-
teen hundred pounds of Tob^o one halfe thereof to his Majesty

C. P.

his heirs and Successors for the Support of Goverment the
other halfe to him or them that shall sue for the same to be
recovered in the provinciall Court by bill plaint or Informa-
con wherein no Essoyne protection or wager of Law to be
Allowed.

And be itt further Enacted by the Authority afd by and with
the Advice and Consent afd that the Sev^ll and respective
Deputy Commissarys which are and shall be in the Sev^ll and
respective Counties within this province shall and are hereby
sufficiently Authorized and Impowered to pass Audite and
Allow all such Accounts as shall Come before them relating
to dead mens Estates wherein they have granted Letters of
Administration or Letters Testamry not Exceeding ffifty
pounds in money — Provided there be no Controversy thereon
and to transmitt such Accts within two months to the Com-
missary Genlls office att the Citty of Annapolis under the
penaltie of two thousand pounds of Tob^o one halfe to his Maj-
esty for the Support of Governmt and the other halfe to such
party as shall render such Acct for which passing such Acct
the said Deputy Commissry shall be allowed as a ffee the Sume
of fifty pounds of Tob^o to be Levyed as afd and no more and
if such Deputy Comry as afd shall Exact Demand or receive

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of any person whatsoever more then is by this Law for Exe-
cuteing such his office Allowed him he shall be Lyable to such
paines and penalties as are Included in a Certaine Act for
Limitting officers ffees in this province but in Case itt shall
soe happen that any person or persons having any Interest or
Claime in such Estates shall make any Objections to the
Legality or Justice of any Article or Articles Contained in the
said Accts then the said Deputy Comrys are forthwith to mark
such Articles and Transmitt the Acct with all papers thereto

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