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SEC. 14. In case of delay, on account of the absence from
the state of an executor, executrix or executors, named in a
will, or of a contest relative to the right of administration, or of
a contested will or codicil, or of the negligence of any executor
or executrix, named in the will, to take out letters testamentary,
or the absence or negligence of any person entitled to letters of
administration, or on any other account, the orphans court of
the county wherein the will was proved or authenticated, or
where letters of administration ought to be granted, may, at dis-
cretion, issue letters, authorizing the collection and preservation
of the goods of the deceased, and the returning an inventory
thereof; and the said letters may, at discretion of the court, be
directed to one person only, or to several persons, in case the
goods or chattels and personal estate of the deceased shall be
supposed to be in different counties.
SEC. 15. The form of such letters shall be as follows : 'Mary-
land, sc. The state of Maryland, To all persons to whom these
presents shall come, greeting. Know ye, that whereas ——
—— of , ———— , deceased, as it is said, had, at his (or her)
decease, personal property within this state, the administration
whereof cannot immediately be granted, but which, if speedy
care be not taken, may be lost, destroyed or diminished; to the
end, therefore, that the same may be preserved for those who
shall appear to have a legal right or interest therein, we do
hereby request and authorize —— —— , of ———— , to secure
and collect the said property, wheresoever the same be in this
state, (or in ———— county or counties,) whether it be goods,
chattels, debts or credits, and to make or cause to be made a
true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same, with
all convenient speed, together with a reasonable account of his
collection, into the office of the register of wills for ————
county. Witness A. B. chief justice of the orphans court for
———— county. Test, G. D. register of wills for ———— county.'
SEC. 16. But before letters to collect shall be granted, the
party shall give bond, with approved security, to be filed, re-
corded and sued as aforesaid, in such penalty as the court shall
direct, and the condition thereof shall be as follows : 'The con-
dition of the above obligation is such, that if the above boun-
den —— —— shall well and honestly discharge the office of
collector of the goods, chattels, and personal estate and debts
of , deceased, in the state of Maryland, (or —— coun-
ty,) and shall make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect
inventory or inventories of such of the said goods, chattels,
personal estate and debts, as shall come to his or her possession
or knowledge, and the same shall in due time return to the
register of wills of —— county, and shall also deliver to the
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