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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1798.

pass an order for the sale thereof for ready money, or on credit,
the purchaser, with security, giving bond to the said ward, bear-
ing interest; and all proceedings relative to such sale shall be
as herein directed with respect to sales by executors or admi-
nistrators.
SEC. 13. Every account of a guardian shall state his expendi-
tures in maintaining and educating the ward, not exceeding the
income of the estate, unless allowed by the court; and for no
balance of money in his hands shall he be charged interest,
unless he shall consent to take the same on interest, but the
court may direct him to place the same at interest, taking bond
to the orphan, with security approved by the court ; and for the
trouble and care of such guardian, the court may allow any
commission, not exceeding ten per cent.
SEC. 14. On a guardian's failing to account as herein direct-
ed, his bond shall be liable to be put in suit, and he shall also
be liable to attachment and fine as aforesaid, but he shall not be
liable to any fine in a court of law, any act to the contrary not-
withstanding.
SEC. 15. On the ward's arrival at age as aforesaid, the guar-
dian shall exhibit a final account to the orphans court, and shall
deliver up agreeably to the court's order, to the said ward, or
the husband, (as the case may require,) all the property of such
ward in his hands, including bonds, and other securities, and
on failure his office bond shall be liable, and he shall also be
liable to attachment and fine as aforesaid.
SEC. 16. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to
affect the general superintending power exercised by the court
of chancery with respect to trust.
As to the acts coercing of the guardians to give security, see 1807, ch.
136; 1827, ch. 210; 1831, ch. 315.

CHAPTER XIII.

Rights of
widows.

SEC. 1. Every devise of land, or any estate therein, or bequest
of personal estate, to the wife of the testator, shall be construed
to be intended in bar of her dower in lands, or share of the per-
sonal estate respectively, unless it be otherwise expressed in
the will.
SEC. 2. A widow shall be barred of her right of dower in
land, or share in the personal estate, by any such devise, or
bequest, unless within ninety days after the authentication or
probat of the will, she shall deliver, or transmit to the court
where such authentication or probat hath been made, a written
renunciation in the following form, or to the following effect : 'I,
A. B. widow of —— —— , late of —— —— , deceased, do hereby
renounce and quit all claim to any bequest or devise made to
me by the last will of my husband, exhibited and proved