ART. 93] GUARDIAN AND WARD. 2003

1888, art. 93, sec. 147. 1860, art. 93, sec. 147. 1798, ch 101, sub-ch. 12, sec. 2.

146. The court shall have power to have brought before
them any infant for the purpose of appointing a guardian.
Compton v. Compton, 2 Gill, 241. Lefevre v. Lefevre, 6 Md. 472.

Ibid. sec. 148. 1860, art. 93, sec. 148. 1834, ch. 291, sec. 3.

147. The appointment of a guardian by a mother of an
infant by last will and testament shall be as valid in every
respect, and to - all intents and purposes, as if such appoint-
ment had been made by the father of such infant by will, pro-
vided such mother be capable in law to execute a last will and
testament.

Ibid. sec. 149. 1860, art. 93, sec. 149 1834; ch 73.

148. In all cases where there shall be an appointment of a
guardian of a female above the age of eighteen years, by last
will and testament, and the person so appointed shall die or
renounce or refuse to act, the orphans' court of the county in
which the said will shall be proved may appoint a guardian in
the place of the person so dying, renouncing, or refusing to
act; and the person so appointed shall give bond in the same
manner as guardians appointed for infants under age, and shall
have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled
and bound to perform them for the same length of time, or up
to such period as the person appointed by the will if he had
lived and taken upon him the trust reposed in him by the will,
and shall be bound to render and settle an account of his guar-
dianship or trust to the orphans' court in the same manner and
at the same time as other guardians of infants appointed by
the orphans' court are required by law.

Davis v. Jacquin, 5 H. &. J. 109. Fridge v. State, 3 G. & J 103. Dorsey
v. Sheppard, 12 G. &. J. 192. Corrie's Case, 2 Bl. 488. Waring v. Waring,
2 Bl. 673.

Ibid. sec. 150. 1860, art. 93, sec. 150. 1834, ch. 291, sec. 5.

149. When a guardian shall be appointed by the orphans'
court in this State, or by last will and testament, agreeably to
law, such guardianship shall extend to all the property of the
infant within this State, or which may be obtained by such
guardian out of the State, by virtue of such appointment or
guardianship.

Ibid. sec. 151. 1860, art. 93, sec. 151. 1830, ch. 174, sec. 1.

150. Whenever any person shall die seized or possessed of
any lands, tenements or hereditaments lying within this State,