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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1820.

discharged
their duties,
&c.

the same principles as guardians are now required by law to
settle their accounts, and subject to the like control and au-
thority of the court in all respects whatever, which said account
shall be separate and distinct from the administration of the
personal estate of the said deceased ; and the orphans court
shall thereupon pass an order directing such executor or execu-
tors, administrator or administrators, as the case may be, to pay
over to the guardian or guardians to be appointed as aforesaid,
or to the person entitled, as the case may be, any money re-
maining in his, her or their hands, belonging to such minor,
which shall have arisen from the profit of the real estate belong-
ing to the said minor, and also to deliver over to such guardian
or guardians, or person entitled, as the case may be, the real
estate of such minor; and upon the neglect or refusal of the
executor or executors, administrator or administrators, to obey
such order, or to return an account as herein before directed,
his, her, or their testamentary or administration bond, as the
case may be, shall be liable to be sued by such guardian or
guardians, or persons entitled as aforesaid, and the orphans
court may moreover proceed against such executor or executors,
administrator or administrators, as the case may be, by attach-
ment and sequestration.

When
letters of
administra-
tion de
bonis non
are granted,
bonds,
notes, &c.
to be
delivered
over, &c.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That wherever letters of adminis-
tration de bonis non have heretofore or may hereafter be granted
by the orphans court of any county in this state, the said court
is hereby authorized on the application of the administrator, de
bonis non, to pass an order directing the executor or execu-
tors, administrator or administrators, as the case may be, of the
deceased executor or administrator, on or before a certain day in
the said order to be named, to deliver over to the administrator
de bonis non all the bonds, notes, accounts, and evidence of
debt, which the deceased executor or administrator may have
taken, received, or had as executor or administrator, at the time
of his death, and also to pay over to the said administrator de
bonis non all the money in the hands of such deceased execu-
tor or administrator as such, at the time of his death, and upon
proof made to the said court of the service of such order, and
upon the neglect or refusal of the executor or executors, admi-
nistrator or administrators, to comply therewith by the time
specified in the said order, the orphans court may pass an order
directing the testamentary or administration bond of such de-
ceased executor or administrator, or of the executor or executors,
administrator or administrators, so refusing as aforesaid, or both
of them, as the case may require, to be put in suit, the said
suit or suits to be entered for the use of such administrator de
bonis non.