GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1851

charge of such debts of the said deceased, as are, may, or
shall become due upon the purchases of the said two tracts
of land, by the said George Tilghman, including all interest
that has accrued, or may, and will accrue, upon said debts;
and that the balance of said proceeds of said sales, if any
remain after the aforesaid payments and discharges, it is
hereby enacted and declared, shall belong to and be vested
in the administrators of the personal estate of said George
Tilghman, deceased, as assests, to be applied towards the
payment of any other just debts of the said deceased, or if
not required or wanted for that purpose, to be distributed
equally among the children of the said George Tilghman,
deceased, and to be paid over to their legally appointed
guardian or guardians, or such person or persons as may be
properly authorised or entitled to receive the same for their
use and benefit.

CHAP. 89.

Sec. 5. And be enacted, That all sales made, by the said
trustees under this act, shall be reported by them, on oath,
to the judges of Washington county court; and all monies
arising from said sales, shall be distributed and applied by
said court, as directed in this act, by an accout current, be-
tween the estate of said.George Tilghman, deceased, and the
said trustees.

Report of sales—
accounts.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the said trustees, or the survivor of them, every six months
from the time of their first report, until their trust is closed,
to report to the judges of Washington county court, on
oath, an account of their said trust; exhibiting the gales
made and the monies received by them, and the amount re-
maining in hand from such sales; whereupon, on filing of
said report or reports, account or accounts, from time to
time, it shall be the duty of said court, forthwith to order
by a certain day, the distribution of said monies appearing
by said report or reports, account or accounts, to be in the
hands of said trustees or the survivor of them, to the distri-
butees authorised to receive the same by virtue of this act;
which order shall be obligatory upon said trustees and each
of them, without regard to the fact, in whose hands said
monies may appear actually to be. And it shall be the duty
of said court ex officio to enforce said orders, and the per-
formance of the duty aforesaid, of reporting every six
months, in such manner as orders of said court sitting as a

Semi- Annual re
ports required-
distribution.

court of equity, may be enforced.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
said trustees, before they proceed to sell under this law, to
give bond to the State Maryland, with such penalty as may
be approved by any one of the judges of the fifth judicial

Trustees bond.