1390 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

their discretion remove such guardian and make choice of another,
who shall give security, and conduct himself in the manner herein
prescribed, and shall receive the property and custody of the said
ward.

Lefever v Lefever, 6 Md. 472. Slatterly v Smiley, 25 Md. 389.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 233. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 13.

233. The court may issue a summons for any person concerned
in the affairs of a deceased person or for a witness, or any other
person whose appearance in said courts shall be deemed necessary
or proper for any purpose. And such summons may issue to any
county in the State, and shall be returnable in their discretion;
and they may enforce obedience to their summons by attachment,
and may punish the party for his contempt, by a fine not exceed-
ing thirty dollars.

Ibid. sec. 234. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 13.

234. The court may, if a witness before the court shall refuse

-to give evidence, commit him to the custody of the sheriff or coro-
ner, as the case may be, until he give evidence or be discharged
according to law, or they may attach and sequester his estate.

Ibid, sec 235. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 15, sec. 15.

235. The court may, whenever two summonses shall be regu-
larly returned "non est" by the sheriff, or other officer of the

county where the party last resided, issue an attachment against
his lands and tenements, goods and chattels; and upon return
thereof, with a schedule of the property annexed, may by order
or commission under seal, authorize some person or persons to
take into his or their custody the property contained in such
schedule, or any part thereof, and to receive the profits thereof,
to be accounted for until the party summoned shall appear and
obey the order of the court, or until further order; and the sheriff
or other officer shall deliver the property accordingly. And the
person or persons to whom the same shall be committed, shall,
before receiving the same, give bond with security in such penalty
as the court shall direct, for rendering a true account of such
property and the profits, and for the delivery of the same accord-
ing to the order of the court, deducting such allowance for loss,