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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1829.

CHAPTER 216.

* 1708, eh.
101.

A SUPPLEMENT to an ACT,* entitled, an Act for amending and reducing
into system, the Laws and Regulations concerning last Wills and Tes-
taments ; the duties of Executors, Administrators and Guardians, and
the rights of Orphans and other representatives of deceased persons.

Securities
of adminis-
trators de-.
manding
counter
security —
proceedings
directed

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That if any security of an executor, or administrator, or any
person interested in the estate of any security of an executor
or administrator, shall conceive him, or herself, in danger of
suffering from the suretyship, he or she, (as the case may be,)
may apply to the orphans court which granted the administra-
tion, and the said court may call upon the party to give counter
security, to be approved by the said court, and if the party so
called on, shall not within a reasonable time to be fixed by the
said court, give such counter security, the said court may
revoke the letters testamentary of administration granted to
such executor or administrator, and appoint a new adminis-
trator or administrators ; and in case the executor or adminis-
trator whose letters are revoked as aforesaid, shall not within a
reasonable time, to be fixed by said court, deliver over to such
new administrator or administrators, all the property of the
deceased, remaining in his hands unadministered, and also all
the books, bonds, notes, and evidence of debt, which belong to,
or are due to the deceased, in his possession, and also pay over
to such new administrator or administrators, all the money
due by him as executor or administrator of the deceased ; the
said court may compel the delivery and payment over as afore-
said, by attachment and sequestration of property, and may also
direct the administration bond of such executor or administra- .
tor, whose letters are revoked as aforesaid, to be put in suit.

Proceedings
directed in
cases
therein
mentioned.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That in case of the death of any
executrix, administratrix or female guardian, before a final
account of her administration or guardianship shall have been
settled with the orphans court, and who shall have a husband
living at the time of her decease, it shall be the duty of such
husband to render an account, shewing thereby, the amount of
money and property received, and the payments and disburse-
ments made by such executrix, administratrix or female guar-
dian, or that may have been received and paid by the husband
of such executrix, administratrix or guardian, and not before
accounted for, with the court, and the account so rendered shall
be examined by the orphans court, and if found to be correct,
shall be admitted to record in the same manner, and shall be
subject to the same rules and regulations, as other administra-
tors or guardian accounts are in cases where the executrix,
administratrix or guardian, renders them in person ; and in case
the husband shall neglect, or refuse to render such account, the