| 1816.
CHAP. 202.
Passed Feb. 3, 1817. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. CCII.
An Act authorising the Justices of the Levy Court of Anne-Arundel
County, to lease to Joseph J. Hopkins and Gerard R.
Cowman, part
of a Lot or Parcel of Ground therein mentioned.
Lib. TH. No. 5,
fol. 354. |
Levy court authorised
to lease land. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the levy court of Anne-Arundel county, be and they are hereby
authorised and empowered, to lease unto Joseph J. Hopkins and
Gerard R. Cowman, their heirs and assigns, so much of the warehouse
lot at Beard's Point, on South River, as will be necessary
to erect thereon a plaister mill, to be worked by horses, and for
other necessary purposes of said mill, for such time, and on such
terms, as in their judgment may appear right, provided the said
mill shall not interfere with, or in any manner affect the purposes
of the tobacco warehouse. |
| Proceeds. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the money arising
on said lease
shall be paid annually to the levy court aforesaid, who shall apply
it towards defraying the county charges. |
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Passed Feb. 3, 1817. |
CHAP. CCIII.
A Further Supplement to the act (a), entitled, An act for
amending
and reducing into system the Laws and Regulations concerning
Last Wills and Testaments, the duties of Executors,
Administrators
and Guardians, and the rights of Orphans and other Representatives
of deceased persons. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol.
354.
(a) 1798, ch. 101. See
1802, ch. 101, and the acts there referred to, and also
1818, ch. 217. |
Natural guardians
to give bond, &c. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
every natural guardian or guardians appointed by last will and
testament, of the estate or property of minors, shall give bond,
with securities to be approved by the orphans court; shall settle the
accounts of their guardianship, and shall be under the like rules
and regulations as are prescribed by the original act to which this
is a supplement with respect to other guardians. |
Orphans courts to
empower them to
sell leasehold estates,
and vest the
proceeds. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the orphans courts
shall have authority
to empower any guardian to sell any leasehold estate belonging
to his ward, if the court shall think such sale advantageous
to such minor, and shall order the proceeds of such sale, or any
surplus money belonging to said minor or orphan, to be invested
in bank stock, or any other good security, which investment shall
be made in the name of the minor or orphan, and that no sale,
transfer or disposal of the stock, of such minor or orphan, shall
be made without the concurrence of the orphans court. |
Proceedings in
case of death of
executor or administrator
before
settlement of administration. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That in case of the
death of an executor
or administrator before an account of his administration shall
have been settled with the orphans court, it shall be the duty of
the executor or administrator of the one so dying, to render such
account, shewing thereby the amount of assets received, and the
payments made by the deceased executor or administrator, and the
account so rendered shall be examined by the court, and if found
to be correct shall be admitted to record in the same manner that
other administration accounts are examined and recorded. |
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