ART. 93.] ORPHANS' COURT. 1389

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 229. 1705, ch. 55. 1831, ch. 315, sec. 14.

229. A recess of the orphans' court shall be deemed and taken
to be not only such days as they may not hold a court, but also-
such parts or portions of a day as they may not be in actual
session; if the orphans' court shall not meet on a day fixed for
its meeting, the register shall adjourn the court from day to day
until a meeting shall be had according to law.

Ibid. sec. 230. 179S, ch, 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 1.

230. The court shall have full power to take probate of wills,
grant letters testamentary and of administration, direct the con-
duct and settling the accounts of executors and administrators,
superintend the distribution of the estates of intestates, secure
the rights of orphans and legatees, and to administer justice in all
matters relative to the affairs of deceased persons.

Blackburn v. Crawford, 22 Md. 447. Muncaster v. Muncaster, 23 Md. 286.
Belt v. Blackburn, 28 Md. 227. State v. Warren, 28 Md. 338. Hokamp v.
Hagaman, 36 Md. 511. Pole v. Simmons, 45 Md. 246. Wilson v. McCarty, 55
Md. 277. Ruby v. Longnecker, 55 Md. 484. Dalrymple v. Gamble, 66 Md. 305.

Ibid. sec. 231. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 12.

231. The orphans' courts shall have full power, authority and
jurisdiction to examine, hear and decree upon all accounts, claims
and demands existing between wards and their guardians, and
between legatees or persons entitled to any distributive share of
an intestate's estate, and executors and administrators, and may
enforce obedience to and execution of their decrees in the same
ample manner as the courts of equity in this State. They shall
keep a seal for their several courts, and for the office of the reg-
ister of wills of their county ; and the said seal shall be affixed to
all certificates of the court or of the register, and to every process
and writ issued from the court.

Ibid. Crow B. Hubard, 62 Md. 660.

Ibid, sec 232. 1T98, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 13.

232. The court may, on the application of an infant or any
person in his behalf suggesting improper conduct in any guardian
whatever, either in relation to the care and management of the
property or person of any infant, inquire into the same, and at