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CHAP. 373
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unknown to him or it who may be interested in said property
or whose rights would be affected by said distribution or
delivery, and as near as practicable who such persons may
be supposed to be. And it shall be the duty of the said
court to examine said bill or petition, and any papers filed
therewith, and upon being satisfied that sufficient effort has
been made by such fiduciary to ascertain whether there are
such unknown persons shall pass an order directing the said
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Notice to be
given by
publication.
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fiduciary to give notice by publication to such supposed
unknown persons, whether they be residents or non-resi-
dents of this State, of the substance and object of said bill
or petition, and warning them to appear by a day therein
stated, which shall not be less than ninety days after the
passage of said order, and said notice shall be published for
such length of time as the court may direct, in some news-
paper, as in cases of notice by publication to non-residents.
The defendants named in said bill or petition snail be
summoned, or if they be non-residents of this State, shall be
duly notified by publication as in other cases in equity. And
after the expiration of said period fixed in said order for the
appearance of said unknown persons, the court shall proceed
as in other suits in equity, and shall, by its decree, direct to
whom the said fiduciary shall make distribution or delivery
of said property, and if, in the opinion of the said court, it
shall be doubtful whether or not there are unknown persons
who are entitled to a share or shares of said property, it
may in its discretion require the persons to whom it shall
direct the distribution or delivery thereof to be made to file
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Bond to be
filed.
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a bond or bonds to the State of Maryland in such penalty
as it shall prescribe, with the clerk of the said court, condi-
tioned to make restitution to such unknown person or per-
sons of his, her or their shares of said property, when his,
her or their rights thereto shall be established; or the said
court may require said fiduciary to hold or transfer and
deliver to a trustee or receiver to be appointed by it the
share or shares to which such unknown person or persons
would be entitled if in existences to be held, and the income
thereof accumulated for such time as the said court may
direct, in order to afford full opportunity for such unknown
person or persons to appear and assert their rights, and
may order the delivery or distribution thereof whenever
said unknown persons shall appear and establish their
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