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thereof be established as aforesaid, he shall account for the sum
due, in the same manner as if it were so much money in his
hands, and on failure his bond may be put in suit.

225. In like manner it shall be the duty of every administrator
to give in a claim against himself, and on giving it, or failure to
give it in, there shall be the same proceedings in every respect
as are herein prescribed in regard to an executor.

226. The purchase money of land sold by a decedent and con-
veyed by his administrator after his death, received by the
administrator, shall be returned as a separate debt due the estate
of the decedent.

ORPHANS' COURT.

227. The Governor shall, of the three persons elected Judges
of the Orphans' Courts in- the several counties and the city of
Baltimore, designate and commission one as Chief Judge of his
respective court.

228. The Orphans' Court, unless a different time is prescribed
by the local law, shall be held in each county and the city of
Baltimore, at the usual place of holding the court of said county
or city, on the second Tuesday in every month of February,
April, June, August, October and December, and oftener if need
be, according to its own adjournment; and any one of the judges'
of the said court, in the absence of the others, shall have power
to hold the said court at a stated time of adjournment, only for
the purpose of adjourning; any two of them shall have full
power to do any act which the said court is or shall be author-
ized by law to perform, and any two of them shall have power
to hold the court on any day not named in an adjournment, on
the application of any person having pressing business in the
said court; Provided, notice thereof be given to all, and in
such case the register shall record that such notice hath been
given.

229. A recess of the Orphans' Court shall be deemed and taken
to be not only such days as they may not hold a court, but also
such parts or portions of a day as they may not be in actual
session; if the Orphans' Court shall not meet on a day fixed for
its meeting, the register shall adjourn the court from day to day
until a meeting shall be had according to law.