1835.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAP. 182.
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said lands, which sum or sums shall be paid by the said
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devisees, according to the proportions designated by
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said commissioners.
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Allowance to mi.
nors
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SEC. S. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
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sioners be, and they are hereby authorised and empow-
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ered, after making the division prescribed by the first
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section of this act, to fix and determine what would bo
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a sufficient allowance for the annual support and edu-
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cation of the minor children of the said William Hill,
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and that the said commissioners shall also designate
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what portion of said sums shall be charged upon each
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of the allotments or divisions of said land.
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Guardian appointed
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That Ann S. Hill, the
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mother of the children or devisees herein named be,
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and she is hereby authorised to act as the guardian of
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such of the said children and devisees as are minors,
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until they shall respectively arrive at the age of twen-
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Her duties
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ty-one years, and as guardian to keep together for
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their benefit, the said land, until the election of the se-
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veral divisions shall take place according to the provi-
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sions of the first section of this act, and that said Ann
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S. Hill before she proceeds to act as such guardian,
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shall give bond to be approved of by the Orphans'
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Court of Prince George's County, and in such penal-
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ty as said court shall direct.
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Report— survey-returns
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said commis-
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sioners or a majority of them be, and they are hereby re-
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quired as soon as practicable after the discharge of the
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duties assigned them by this act, to make a particular re-
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turn of the manner in which they have discharged such
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duties to the County Court of said County, at its next
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session after they have discharged said duties, and that
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they shall cause a survey to be made of the several allot-
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ments of said land, and a plat of the same, which it
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shall be the duty of said commissioners to return also
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to said County Court, which said return and plat shall
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be recorded by the clerk of Prince George's County
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Chancery authority reserved
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Court as similar papers are recorded; Provided how-
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ever, that this act shall have no effect unless upon a
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proceeding by a bill or petition in the Court of Chan-
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cery, or Prince George's County Court, or the Or-
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phans' Court of said county, to which all persons in-
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