JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

1834,

seven, entitled, a further supplement to an act, entitled an
act relating to free negroes and slaves

CHAPTER 228.

CHAP 229.

A further supplement to the act entitled an act for amending
and reducing into system the laws and regulations concern
ing Last Wills and Testaments, the duties of Executors,
Administrators and Guardians and the rights of Orphans
and other representatives of deceased persons

Passed Mar 18, 1835

Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That in all cases in which the mother is left the natu-
ral guardian of her infant children, the Orphans Court of the

Where mother is

guardian

several counties of th s State, are hereby authorised and
required to allow the mother as natural guardian, in the
settlement of her accounts, all such charges, expenses and
commissions, as are or may be authorised by law in the case
of other guardians

Allowance

Sec 2 And be it enacted, That where any award, made
under order of any Orphans' Court, shall be relumed to said
Court, the same shall not be confirmed until after notice of
the award shall have been given to the parties, to the re

Notice before con-

firmation

ierence Or their representatives, and any parties may file ex-
ceptions or shew cause against the award upon any
ground on the face of the award or extrinsic thereto ,
and the court may accordingly confirm or reject the award,
and recommend the case to the referee or referees for

Exception

a new award, or appoint another referee or referees for the
arbitration, and the Orphans Courts are hereby authorised

Revise proceedings

to pass all such rules respecting notice aforesaid, in cases
of awards and exceptions and showing cause aforesaid and
a hearing in the premises, as they may deem reasonable

Authority to adopt

rule &c

CHAPTER 229

A supplement to an, act, entitled, an act to abolish the office
of Trustee of the State &c , passed at December session,
eighteen hundred and twenty eight, chapter seventy four

Passed Mar 10, 1835

Section 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, that the Treasurer of the Western Shore, may in

Treasurers tehri-

sed in regard to

clerks