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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 18*1.

CHAPTER 828.

* 1798, eh,
101.

A further SUPPLEMENT to the ACT, entitled, an Act for amending and
reducing into System, the Laws and regulations concerning Last Wills
and Testaments, the duties of Executors, Administrators and Guardians,
and the rights of Orphans, and other Representatives of Deceased
Persons.

Where
mother is
guardian.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That in all cases in which the mother is left the natural guardian
of her infant children, the orphans court of the several counties

Allowance.

of this state, are hereby authorized and required to allow the
mother, as natural guardian, in the settlement of her accounts,
all such charges, expenses and commissions, as are or may be
authorized by law in the case of other guardians.

Case of
award.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That where any award, made
under order of any orphans court, shall be returned to said

Notice be-
fore confir-
mation.
Exception.

court, the same shall not be confirmed until after notice of the
award shall have been given to the parties, to the reference or
their representatives; and any parties may file exceptions or
shew cause against the award upon any ground on the face of
the award or extrinsic thereto ; and the court may accordingly
confirm or reject the award, and recommend the case to the re-

Revise pro-
ceedings.

feree or referees, for a new award, or appoint another referee or
referees for the arbitration ; and the orphans courts are hereby

Authority
to adopt
rules, &c*

authorized to pass all such rules respecting notice aforesaid, in
cases of awards and exceptions, and showing cause aforesaid
and a hearing in the premises, as they may deem reasonable.

CHAPTER 229.
A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act to Abolish the Office of
Trustee of the State, &c., passed at December session, eighteen hundred
any twenty eight, chapter seventy-four.

Treasurer
authorized
in regard to
clerks.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the treasurer of the western shore, may in his discretion,
appoint and remove at pleasure, either one or two clerks to
assist him in the discharge of his duties, any thing in the third
section of the said original act to the contrary notwithstanding;

Oath re-
quired.

Provided always, that each clerk, before he acts as such, shall
take the oath therein directed.

Salary.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the salary by the fourth
section of the said original act, provided for the compensation
of his clerk, may by the said treasurer be paid to such one or
two clerks as he shall employ, and in such proportions as to
him shall seem proper.