ART. 93] GUARDIAN AND WARD. 2007

1888, art. 93. sec. 159. 1860, art. 93, sec. 159. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 12, sec. 6

158. 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 skilful, 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 utensils thereon, belonging to the ward, and
proper to be leased with the land; they shall likewise set down
in writing what dwelling-houses, out-houses, orchards, gardens,
meadows, enclosures and 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 certifi-
cate, 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 misconduct brought against
him.

Ibid. sec. 160. 1860, art. 93, sec. 160. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 12, sec. 7.

159. 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. 1860, art. 93, sec. 161. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch 12, sec. 8.

160. Each guardian having real estate under his care shall
either cultivate the same, with the stock and utensils belonging
to his ward, or to be purchased with his money, with the appro-
bation 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
the annual value, to be every third year ascertained under the
direction of the court.

Gunby v. Selby, 2 H. & J. 244. Drury v. Conner, 1 H. & G 220. Wells
v. Beale, 2 G. & J. 468. Hungerford v. Bourne, 3 G. & J. 133. Robinson v.