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such person to be accepted, and the same to be demised anew, on
such terms and conditions as the court may direct.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 16, sec. 83 1828, ch. 26, sec. 1. 1829, ch. 222.
1833, ch. 150.

100. In all appllcations to sell the real or personal property
of a person non compos mentis, or to demise the real or lease-
hold property of such person, or to accept the surrender of a
lease thereof, the court shall, before passing a decree, have the
appearance and answer of such person, as provided in section
124, and have proof taken, as in other chancery cases, as to the

value, quantity and condition of the property, and, after con-
sidering all the circumstances, if the court shall deem it for the
interest and advantage of such non compos mentis, it may decree

a sale, lease or surrender of the whole or part of such property,
on such terms and conditions as the court may prescribe; but the

court may decree a sale for the payment of debts, without being
satisfied that such sale is for the interest and advantage of such
non compos mentis.

Estate of Dorney, 59 Md. 67.

Ibid. sec. 84. 1785, ch. 72, sec. 8. 1800, ch. 67, sec. 4.

101 No sale, lease or surrender of a lease of the property,

real or personal, of a person non compos mentis, shall be valid
sunless the same shall be reported to and confirmed by the court.

Ibid. sec. 85. 1828, ch. 26, secs. 4-5.

102. The court may allow to the trustee, committee or other
person charged with the care of the person or estate of any non

compos mentis, any sum not exceeding ten per cent, on the in-

come and expenditures of such non compos mentis, for the care

and trouble of such trustee, or person so charged as aforesaid.

Whyte o Dimmock, 55 Md. 452

Ibid sec. 86. 1800, ch. 67, sec. 2.

103. In all cases where a trustee has been appointed by the

court for the management of the person and estate of a person
non compos mentis, the court may decree that the property of
such non compos mentis, or so much thereof as may be necessary,