388 WICOMICO COUNTY. [ART. 22.
ORPHANS' COURT.

1863, c. 253 enacts that in all cases of guardianship and wardship now pending
in either of the orphans' courts for Somerset and Worcester counties, which may
have two or more years to run before the expiration of said guardianship or ward-
ship on application to the said orphans' court for the county where such guardian-
ship was entered, and on payment of all fees due in said orphans' court and to the
register of wills of said county, said guardian may take a certificate of all his pro-
ceedings had in said court, including all accounts which he may have passed against
his ward or wards, together with a full account of all his proceedings had in said
court, the same to filed in the office of the register of wills for Wicomico county where
the said guardian and ward or wards respectfully reside.

That where any lands belonging to the estate of a deceased person lying within
the limits of Wicomico county and where the administrator resides, and when all
the personal effects of said deceased person have been duly administered in either of
the counties of Somerset or Worcester, and the said administrator shall produce a
certificate of such administration to the orphans' court of Wicomico county, and the
said orphans' court for Wicomico county shall be satisfied that it will be to the
advantage of all concerned to have said real estate sold and the proceeds invested
for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased, they may order the same to be sold by
said administrator and the proceeds invested as now provided by law.

In force and approved March 30, 1868.

ROADS.

1868, c. 277 enacts the following:

1868, c 277. Duty of road supervisors.	17. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of the public roads in Wicomico county to examine all public roads in their respective road districts, and if any of said roads are found to be less than thirty feet wide, and if the said supervisor finds that at any point said road cannot be improved or repaired without widening the same he shall have full power to remove fences, fill up and remove ditches, cut down and remove trees, or any other obstructions so that the said road may be ren-
Proviso.	dered passable and convenient; provided such widening shall not exceed thirty feet.
Ibid s 2. County sur- veyor	18. If any person or persons shall feel aggrieved at the action of the supervisor in the performance of his duty under this act in removing his, her or their fence or other obstruction, he, she or they may call in the county surveyor for the purpose of ascertaining where