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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

istrator duly constituted and appointed as such
by the law. of the state, district, territory, or
country wherein he may have resided at the time
of his death, in the same manner as if the said
executor or administrator had been duly consti-
tuted and appointed as such by the proper au-
thority in this state.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the three fol-

Sections add'd

lowing sections be and the same are hereby
added to the said article, one to come in after
section two hundred and fifty-four and the other
two to come in after section three hundred and
five.
254A. The orphans' court shall have power, ex-
officio, to order any executor, administrator

Power of or-
phans' court.

or guardian, who appears, by the records of
said courts, or of the register of wills, to be in
default in respect to the rendering of any inven-
tory, the returning of any report, statement, re-
turn of any kind, or to the fulfilment of any
duty in said courts, to be summoned to appear
before the court on some certain day to be named
in the summons, and fulfil his duty, on pain of
revocation of his letters testamentary, or of ad-
ministration, or guardianship, it shall be the
duty of the registers of wills, from time to time,
to inform the orphans' courts of such default so
appearing ; upon such order a letter shall be ad-
dressed by the register of wills, and be sent by
him, by mail, to the person so appearing by him
to be in default, at his post-office, or place of
address, informing him of such order ; and for
the sending of such letter the register shall re-
ceive twenty-five cents from such person, if, on
appearing, he is found to be in default ; if the

Failure to ap-
pear.

person, so appearing to be in default, does not
appear in court in answer to the letter, the court
may order him to be summoned by the sheriff,
and, on his appearing, may pass such order as
may be just in the premises, and, upon his not
appearing, after having been duly summoned
the court may revoke his letters testamentary,
or of administration, or guardianship ; upon any
such revocation, the court may, at its discretion,
order that the parties interested, or any one or
more of them may be summoned to appear, and
may make such order or appointment as the laws