WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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much thereof as might be necessary; and whereas

it has been further represented that there is ample

wood and timber upon said last mentioned real

estate to discharge the entire debt of said decedent,

if sold, without injury to the value of the land, and

which would largely replace itself during the mi-

nority of said infants, and thus utilize unproductive

Preamble.

capital to save the whole of said real estate to said

infants, to await their arrival at age; and whereas it

has been further represented that it would be greatly

to the interest and advantageof said infants that wood

and timber from said home farm, sufficient to dis-

charge the aforesaid debts of said decedent should

be sold off and from the same, but doubts have

arisen as to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for

said county, sitting as a court of equity, to decree

such sale; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem,-

bly of Maryland, That the Circuit Court of Dor-

chester county, sitting as a court of equity, be and is

hereby authorized and empowered to receive, hear

Hear and de-
termine.

evidence and determine the matter, if a proper bill

in equity be filed by the said infant children of

Thomas H. Goslin, deceased, by their guardian and

next friend, setting forth the premises, and upon

proper and satisfactory proof that it would be to the

interest and advantage of said infants, the same to

be adduced by at least two disinterested witnesses,

the court aforesaid is hereby authorized and empow-

ered to pass decree for the sale of a sufficient amount

Pass decree.

of wood and timber, the property of said infants, to

discharge the said just debts of the said Thomas H.

Goslin remaining unpaid by reason of the deficiency

in his personal estate as aforesaid, and to appoint a

trustee for that purpose in the ordinary manner and

Appoint trus-

subject to the law and rules of said court, as in ordi-

tee.

nary cases arising under the laws of this State in

regard to the sale of the real estate of a decendent

when his other assets are insufficient to discharge

the same; provided that the decree aforesaid, if by

the court aforesaid passed, shall further provide for

the sale of so much of said real estate as may be

necessary to discharge said debts in case the wood

and timber aforesaid shall not prove sufficient for

the same; and provided, that if no creditor's bill