LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1820.

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hereafter be acknowledged before the chief judge, or an asso-
ciate judge, of any judicial district, within this state, shall
notwithstanding the same have been or shall hereafter be
acknowledged neither in the judicial district where the lands
lie, nor where the grantors, bargainers, or donors reside, have
the same effect and validity as if such deeds had been ac-
knowledged before the chief judge, or an associate judge of
the judicial district where the lands lie, or the grantors, bar-

gainors, or donors reside ; Provided, that in every other respect
the said deeds have been and shall hereafter be executed,
acknowledged and recorded, agreeably to the laws heretofore
made on this subject.

CHAPTER 174.
AN ACT SUPPLEMENTARY to the Act for amending and reducing into
system the Laws and Regulations concerning: Last Wills and Testa-
ments, the duties of Executors, Administrators and Guardians, and the
rights of Orphans and other Representatives of deceased persons.
See notes to 1798, ch. 101, ante page 370.

Proviso.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted , by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That whenever any person shall die seized or possessed of any
lands, tenements or hereditaments, situate and lying within the
state, and any of the persons entitled to such lands, tenements
or hereditaments, or any part thereof, shall be under age, and
without a guardian appointed by last will and testament, or by
the orphans coiirt, it shall be the duty of the executor or exe-
cutors, administrator or administrators, as the case may be, of
such deceased, as soon as letters testamentary or of adminis-
tration shall be committed to him, her or them, and not before,
to take possession of such estate, and to discharge and fulfil all
the duties of guardian to such minor until a guardian shall be
regularly appointed by the orphans court, or until the said minor
shall arrive at age, which ever shall first happen, and shall
account with the said court in like manner as guardians are by
law required to account, and subject to the like control and
authority of the court in all respects whatever.
By 1825, ch. 63, administrators and executors are relieved from the duty
of guardians, after their accounts of administration are closed, or three
years after letters are granted.

Executors,
&c. to take
possession
of estate
and fulfil
duties of
guardians,
&c.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That when a guardian or guar-
dians shall be appointed to such minor, or the said minor shall
arrive at age, which ever shall first happen, it shall be the duty
of the aforesaid executor or executors, administrator or admi-
nistrators, as the case may be, to render to the orphans court an
account, on oath, of the manner in which the duties imposed
by this act have been discharged, in the same manner and upon
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When guar-
dians are
appointed
executors,
&c. to
render an
account of
the manner
in which
they have