LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

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DECEMBER, 1834.— CHAPTER 73.

AN ACT relating to Guardians and Wards.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That /
in all cases where there hath been, or may hereafter be, an ap- \(
pointment of a guardian of a female above the age of eighteen °
years, by last will and testament, and the person so appointed
shall have died, or renounced, or refused to act, it shall be law-
ful for the orphans court of the county in which the said will
shall have been proved, to appoint a guardian in the place of the
person so dying, renouncing or refusing to act ; and the person
so appointed by the orphans court, shall give bond in the same
manner as guardians appointed for infants under age, and shall
have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled
and bound to perform them for the same length of time, or up to
such period as the person appointed by the will, if he had lived
and taken upon him the trust and duty reposed in him by the
will, and shall be bound to render and settle an account of his
guardianship or trust, to the orphans court, in the same manner
and at the same time as other guardians of minors appointed by
the orphans court are now required by law to render and settle
their guardians' accounts.

Authority
to appoint,
for females
over eigh-
teen years.

CHAPTER 75.

AN ACT authorizing Officers of the Army and Navy of the United States
to bring their Servants, being Slaves, into this State.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
any officer of the United States army or navy, who shall, by
duty, be called into this state, shall be authorized to bring
with him, and retain while he so remains, any servant or
servants, being slaves, any law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing ; Provided, such license be not construed to authorize the
sale of any such slave or slaves within the limits of this state,
but that they shall, on the removal of such officer, be carried
out of the state with him.

Permission
given.

CHAPTER 76.

A SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act for the relief of the Securities
of the Collectors of Taxes and of Sheriffs, passed at December session,
eighteen hundred and thirty-one, chapter two hundred and eighty-two.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in case of a bill or petition to a county court, in pursuance
of the act to which this is a supplement, where on filing the bill
or petition, or at any other period in the cause, it shall appear to
the court, from any fact or facts in the case, verified by affidavit,

In case, &c.

to be proper that an injunction should issue in respect of the
defendants, or any of them, or any authority, acts, or proceed-

Grant in-
junction.