DANIEL MARTIN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1828

said, that it will be for the interest and advantage of such
idiot, lunatic, or person non compos mentis, to sell such

thereof, to direct the same to be sold upon such terms as
the chancellor, or the county courts, as aforesaid, may di-
rect, and to direct the application of the money arising
from such sale or sales, and the interest thereof, and the in-
vestments thereof in such funds or loans, as to him or them,
may seem proper, and in all things to order in the premises
as the said chancellor or county courts may deem for the
benefit and advantage of such idiot, lunatic, or person non
compos mentis.

CHAP. 26.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all sales made by the au-
thority of the chancellor, or county courts, under this act,
shall be notified to, and confirmed by, the chancellor or coun-
ty courts, before any conveyance of the property shall be
made, and bond, with good and sufficient security to be ap-
proved by the chancellor or county courts, or any judge
thereof, shall be given by the person or persons em powered
to sell the property as aforesaid, to the state of Maryland,
for the due execution of the trust committed to him or them,
which bond shall be lodged with the register in chancery,
or clerk of said court, and be by him recorded among the
records of said court; and an attested copy thereof, under
the hand of the said officer, and under the seal of his court,
shall be evidence in the courts of this state.

Sales to be con-

firmed

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the money arising from
the sales of said lands, tenements, hereditaments, or real es-
tate, shall, on the death of such idiot, lunatic, or person non
compos mentis, belong to such person or persons, his, her
or their heirs or legal representatives, as would have been

On death of idiot
to whom property

is to belong

entitled to said lands in case the same had not been sold.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be law-
ful for the chancellor, or county courts aforesaid, to allow

tue of this act, such commission as is usually allowed upon
sales made under the authority of the chancellor, or county
courts aforesaid.

Allowance to

trustee

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That from and after the pas-
sage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the chancel-
lor, or county courts aforesaid, to allow to any trustee, com-
mittee, or other person or persons charged with the care and
custody of the person and estate of any idiot, lunatic, or
person non compos mentis, any sum not exceeding ten per
cent upon the income and expenditure of such idiot, luna-

care and trouble which may be incurred by such trustee,
committee, person or persons in the execution of such
trust.

Persons having
charge of lunatic

&c to be compen-

sated