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GUARDIAN AND WARD. [ART. 52.

dian, or that may have been received and paid by the husband, and
not accounted for with the court; and the account so rendered
shall be examined by the Orphans' Court, and, if found to be cor-
rect, shall be admitted to record in the same manner, and shall be
subject to the same rules and regulations as other guardian ac-
counts.

Id s 184
1829. c 216, s 2.
Proceedings
where husband
fails to account

50. If the husband shall neglect or refuse to render such ac-
count, the Orphans' Court of the county where the guardian was
appointed (or if it be the case of a testamentary guardian, where
he or she is obliged to render an account. ), shall proceed against him
by attachment, and may commit such husband until he shall render
an account as aforesaid.

Id a 185
1816, c 203, s 1
Natural guar-
dian and guar-
dian appointed
by will to
account

51, Every natural guardian, or guardian appointed by last will
and testament, of the estate and property of minors, shall settle
an account of his guardianship, and shall be under the like rules
and regulations hereinbefore prescribed for other guardians.

Id 8 192
1798, c 101,
sub-c 12, s 15,
1829, c 216, s 5
Guardian, when
to make final
account and pay
ward
21 Md 11,
22Md 298,
32 Md 7

52. On a ward's arrival at age, or on the marriage of a female
ward, the guardian shall exhibit a final account to the Orphans'
Court, and shall deliver up, agreeably to the court's order, to the
said ward, or to the husband, as the case may require, all the
property of such ward in his hands, including bonds and other se-
curities; and, on failure, his bond may be put in suit, and he shall
be liable to attachment and fine not exceeding three hundred dol-

How compelled

lars; and a female shall be of age at eighteen, for the purposes of
this section.

FOREIGN GUARDIANS AND INFANTS.

Id s 195
1853, c 422, s. 1
When court
may authorize
foreign guar-
dians to take
possession of
property and
bring suits.
34 Md 675,
4 G & J 332.

53. Where any infant, not residing in this State, is entitled to
any property or estate, real, personal, or mixed, or to any debts or
choses in action in this State, or due by or recoverable from any
person or persons, corporation or corporations, in this State, or from
any estate upon which letters testamentary or of administration
Lave been granted in this State, having no guardian appointed in
this State, but having a guardian appointed in the State, District,
or Territory, in which the infant resides, duly qualified according to
the laws thereof, and who shall there have given good and sufficient
security for the faithful performance of his trust as such, or in words
to that effect, then, and in such case, the Orphans' Court of the
county or city in this State in which such property, or any part
thereof, of such infant may be situated, or where such debts or
choses in action, or any part thereof, may be due or recoverable,
either wholly or in part, shall pass an order authorizing and empow-
ering such non-resident guardian to take into his possession such
property, wherever situated in this State, and to sue for and recover
such debts or choses in action, from all persons or corporations in
this State, and from all estates upon which letters testamentary or
of administration shall have been granted, and to act in all respects