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sale thereof, and order the annual interest, or such part thereof as may
be deemed equitable to be paid to the tenant for life during his life.

This section referred to as showing that it was not deemed Just in every
Instance to award the tenant for life all of the Interest from the whole of
the purchase money. Williams' Case, 3 Bl. 266.
See notes to sec. 66.

1904, art. 16, sec. 65. 1888, art. 16, sec. 60. 1860, art. 16, sec. 48.
1816, ch. 154, sec. 9.

69. Upon the death of such infant under age, intestate and without
issue, the proceeds of such sale shall descend or be distributed as the
property or estate would if it had not been sold.

This section referred to in illustrating the policy of the law with reference
to the right of heirs. Betts v. Wirt, 3 Md. Ch. 117.

For the application of this section, see Dalrymple v. Taneyhill, 4 Md. Ch.
173. And see Williams' Case, 3 Bl. 204; Jones v. Jones, 1 Bl. 458.
See notes to sections 57 and 66.
See art. 93, sec. 162.

Ibid. sec. 66. 1888, art. 16, sec. 61. 1860, art. 16, sec. 50. 1828, ch. 184.

70. If any person shall secrete an infant against whom process has
issued, so as to prevent the service of such process, such person shall be
liable to attachment and punishment as for contempt; or if any infant
secrets himself or evades the service of process, he may be proceeded
against as if he were a non-resident infant.

Cited but not construed in Buckingham v. Peddicord, 2 Bl. 453.

Ibid. sec. 67. 1888, art. 16, sec. 62. 1868, ch. 249.

71. Whenever, upon the petition of any infant, by his guardian or
next friend, a decree has been passed, or shall hereafter be passed, for
the sale of the lands, tenements, or real estate of said infant, or of his
interest in the same, and a sale thereof has been or shall be made in
pursuance of said decree, which said sale has been or shall be confirmed
by the court in which such decree was had, and it shall appear that
there was a failure to summon said infant, and to have him answer by
a guardian duly appointed, it shall and may be lawful for the circuit
courts of this State, sitting as courts of equity, to confirm said sale, and
all proceedings had thereon, upon the petition of the guardian or next
friend of such infant, or upon the petition of any party having an
interest in said sale, and after summoning such infant, and his appear-
ance by guardian, to be appointed by said courts, and such other pro-
ceedings had as required for a decree for sale of infants' real estate;
provided, upon a hearing and examination of all the circumstances, it
shall appear to said courts that said sale was fairly and bona fide made,
and that at the date of said decree it was for the benefit and advantage
of said infant to sell said lands, tenements and real estate or for his
interest in the same; and upon the confirmation of said sale, all the
proceedings had in pursuance of said decree and in conformity thereto,
including the deeds of the trustees theretofore made or thereafter to
be made, shall be as valid and binding upon all parties, and shall confer
as good title upon the purchasers as if the proceedings upon which the