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Ordered further, that when the said Manning shall enter upon Ms
trust, he shall make sale of the perishable articles of the said per-
sonal estate; and report the same to the Chancellor, in order that
he may either ratify or set aside the same.

This trustee gave bond accordingly; and returned an inventory
of the property of the lunatic, which had come to his hands. Some
time after which, he stated by his petition, that negro James, the
property of the lunatic, had frequently absconded from service,
and had several times nearly effected his escape; and by so doing
had become of little use, and was in great danger of being to-
tally lost. Whereupon the petitioner prayed, that he might be
authorized to sell him, &c.

HANSON, C., 7th June, 1805.—Ordered, that the trustee of the
said lunatic, viz. the said John Manning, be and is hereby author-
ized to sell a certain negro belonging to the said lunatic, called
James; the purchaser of the said slave paying immediately the
consideration, or giving bond with surety to the said trustee as
such for paying the same with interest, within one year from the
* time of sale. And the said trustee, as soon as conveniently,
may be after the sale, shall return to the Chancellor an ac- 91
count of the sale, in order that the same shall be ratified or other-
wise, as to the Chancellor shall seem proper. And upon obtaining
the Chancellor's ratification; and on receipt of the purchase money,
and not before the trustee shall, by a good deed, convey the said
slave to the purchaser.

James Boarman by his petition, filed on the 26th of June, 1810,
stated that the trustee John Manning had been then dead about
two years, of which the petitioner, as one of the relations of the
lunatic, considered it his duty to inform the Chancellor, and to
pray, that another trustee might be appointed. Subjoined to this
petition was a certificate, by a solicitor of the Court, that the peti-
tioner was one of the relations of the lunatic named in the inquisi-
tion; and that.he was a fit person to be appointed trustee.

KILTY, C., 27th June, 1810.—Ordered, that the within named
James Boarman, be appointed trustee in the place of John Man-
ning, deceased; and that he give bond in the same sum as was
directed as to Manning, and have the same powers.

Mary Ann Manning and Iguatius Manning, by their petition, on
oath, filed on the 20th of July, 1810, stated that the trustee John
Manning, had died some time in January, 1809; but, under an
impression, that Mary Ann had been appointed a trustee jointly
with him, she had ever since continued to act as such, until she