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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That upon application the Circuit Court of Baltimore city, or any court in this State having equity jurisdiction, is hereby au-

Authorized to pass an order.

thorized empowered to pass an order directing the transfer, assignment or payment of the trust funds, moneys and properties of said cestui que trusts to any other trustee or trustees as specified and mentioned

Proviso.

in the first section of this act; provided, said court before passing the order as aforesaid, shall be of opinion that it would be to the interest and advantage of the cestui que trusts, that said transfer should be made, and the court shall further be satisfied that said new trustee has properly bonded and been qualified as .said trustee.

Good and sufficient release.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the receipt and release of the trustee or trustees properly authenticated to whom the said trust moneys, properties and effects of the cestui qui trusts shall or may have been paid over, assigned or transferred, in virtue of the order or decree of the said Circuit Court of Baltimore city, or by any other court of competent jurisdiction in this State, or any judge thereof, shall be a good and sufficient release to the trustee so paying over, transferring or assigning said trust moneys, properties and effects of said trust estate, to the extent and to the amount so transferred, assigned or paid over.

In force

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its approval.

Approved April 7, 1876.

CHAPTER 246.

AN ACT to enable Frances L. McDonald and Mary Jay Frankland, of England, to take and hold certain lands lying in Charles county, Maryland, which were held by Frederick Dawson, late of said State, in trust, for certain parties in said act named.

WHEREAS, Frederick Dawson, late of Baltimore county, Maryland, a naturalized citizen of the United