JONES v. STOCKETT.—2 BLAND. 397

the said stock to be transferred to, and held by and * in the
name of the said trustees for the nses, intents and purposes 414
in the proceedings mentioned, and the interest or dividends thereon,
as the same may become due and be collected, shall be paid by
them unto the said Ann, the wife of the said Samuel, during her
natural life; and after her death the said bank stock shall be dis-
posed of and pass as is .directed by the last will and testament of
the testator. And for the purpose of making such investment, the
money will be directed to be paid to the trustees when required.
Provided that a copy of this order, together with a copy of the
foregoing petition, be served on the said trustees on or before the
twentieth day of February next.

The trustee Stockett, on the 16th of March, 1820, reported that
he had received another sum of $1,900, and requested to be
authorized to invest that sum also; and said, that he had no inte-
rest adverse to that of the plaintiff's; and therefore was willing
that the investment should be made as proposed, if the Court
thought the fund secure.

BLAND, C., 18th March, 1826.—Ordered, that the said trustees
be and they are hereby authorized and directed to invest the
additional sum of about $1,900 received lately by one of them, as
stated, in stock of the Bank of Westminster, upon the terms
and as prescribed by the order of the 20th of January last. And
no cause having been shewn against the execution of the said
order, the same is hereby declared to be absolute; and the said
trustees are directed to invest the said sums of money accordingly.

The trustees Stockett and Wayman reported that they had, as
ordered, purchased stock in the Bank of Westminster at $1 per
share above par, that is to say, that they had purchased capital
stock to the amount of $3,330 for the sum of $3,552 in money.
Which they prayed might be confirmed; and that the moneys de-
posited in Court might be applied accordingly.

BLAND, C., 20th April, 1826.—Ordered, that the said report be
and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed; and the register is
directed to draw a check on The Farmers Bank of Maryland for
the whole sum of money which has been deposited, or so much
thereof as now remains to the credit of this case, in favor of the
said trustees or either of them, or for so much thereof as they or
either of them may require for the purpose of its being applied as
stated in the said report.

* The parties agreed, that the case should be referred to
the auditor to state an account of assets, &c. And of the 415