2010 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93
holders of bounty land warrants; which sale, transfer or
assignment shall vest in the purchasers of such bounty land
warrants all right, title, claim and interest of the said infant
owners thereof, either at law or in equity, in and to the same;
and the money arising from such sale shall be accounted for
by said guardians in the orphans' court ordering such sale or
transfer.
1888, art. 93, sec. 170. 1860, art. 93, sec. 170. 1856, ch. 326, sec 2
169. For the purpose of effecting the location, sale, transfer
or assignment of bounty land warrants under the preceeding
section held by female infants between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-one years, the orphans' pourts may in such cases
appoint guardians to such female infants.
1900, ch. 570, sec. 170 A.
170. Whenever ground rents reserved in leases created
heretofore, or hereafter become redeemable, and the title to the
fee and reversion in the land out of which said rents issue is
held by and vested in infants, the orphans' court may, upon
petition of guardians of such infants, order the transfer and
conveyance of the fee and reversion in such land to the -owner
of the leasehold interest therein, upon payment of the amount
of money at and for which the said ground rents may be redeem-
able; and deeds made, executed and delivered to guardians for
and on behalf of such infants, in pursuance of an order of the
orphans' court as aforesaid, shall vest in the owner of the
leasehold estate, his heirs and assigns, all right, title, interest
and estate of the said infant owners of the fee and reversion,
either at law or in equity, in and to the same; and the money
arising from such redemption of ground rents shall be
accounted for by said guardians in the orphans' court order-
ing such transfer and conveyance. Every petition by guardians
as aforesaid shall set forth the location and a description of
the land, the liber and folio of the land records wherein the
same is recorded, the date of the lease whereby the said rent
was created, the amount of the annual ground rent, the amount
at and for which the ground rent is redeemable, and the
petition shall also state that notice as required by law, or as
required by the lease, as the case may be, has been given by
the owner of the leasehold estate, and such other facts as may
be necessary to properly present the matter to the court, and
all such petitions shall be sworn to by the guardian.
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