ART. 93.] GUARDIAN AND WARD. 1367

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 159. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 12, sec. 6.

159. Every guardian appointed by the court, having care of
real estate, shall, within three months after executing his bond,
procure the said estate to be viewed and reported on by two skil-
ful, discreet persons, not related to either party, and appointed
by the orphans' court, which two persons, before they proceed
to act, shall swear before some judge or justice of the peace that
they will appraise the same without favor or prejudice, and to
the best of their skill and judgment; and it shall be the duty of
the appraisers to examine the estate and estimate the annual
value thereof, including any working beasts and stock and uten-
sils thereon, belonging to the ward, ond proper to be leased with
the land; they shall likewise set down in writing what dwelling
houses, out-houses, orchards, gardens, meadows, enclosures ond
other improvements are on the land, and the condition thereof,
and what proportion of the said land is, in their estimation, in
woods; and they shall make a certificate, under their hands and
seals, of the whole they have done, to which shall be annexed a
certificate of their appointment and of their having taken the
oath as aforesaid, and the same shall be returned by the guardian
to the orphans' court within three months, as aforesaid; and the
same shall be evidence against him in case of any suit' for mis-
conduct brought against him.

Ibid, sec 160. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 12, Bee. 7.

160. No guardian shall commit waste on the land, but the
court may, on his application, allow him to cut down and sell
wood, and account for the same, in case it shall deem the same
advantageous or necessary for the ward's education and main-
tenance.

Ibid. sec. 161. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 12, sec 8.

161. Each guardian having real estate under his care, shall
either cultivate the same, with the stock and utensils belong-
ing to his ward, or to be purchased with his money, with the
approbation of the court, or he shall lease the same from year to
year, or for any term not exceeding three years, and within the
non-age of his ward; or he may, with the court's approbation,
undertake the estate on his own account, and be answerable for